Anyone Kayak/canoe Fishing Around Kc?

[GloryDaze]

Ness- We put in there right where the old wood bridge crosses (actually right underneath it). No doubt it can be a little scary around there so I have my wife drop us off and then call when we get to Blue Ridge to pick us up. I can't remember what the CFS was last time I floated it on the upper section, but there is a USGS gauge at Blue Ridge ( I want to say it was 230 or so).

Catfish is all I have caught (off a rubber worm) as I was trying to catch bass. But some of the guys I seen floating there say they catch carp and drum from time to time. I ran into a guy one time wade fishing right at the Red Bridge takeout and he had 5-10 crappie on a stringer he had pulled out from under the tree.

Most of the river runs right along some biking and hiking trails called the Blue River Parkway system. In the fall and spriing I hike there all the time.... that's actually how I learned about kayaking it, as I was hiking I saw 3 guys coming from upstream so I stopped them and asked where they put in.

[ness]

Yeah -- saw the wooden bridge and walked across it. Looked like somebody had knocked the "Bridge Out" sign into the water, because it was hung up on a snag just downstream. If somebody came flying through there at night it would be pretty bad, so I'm gonna call somebody.

[KCRIVERRAT]

Yeah -- saw the wooden bridge and walked across it. Looked like somebody had knocked the "Bridge Out" sign into the water, because it was hung up on a snag just downstream. If somebody came flying through there at night it would be pretty bad, so I'm gonna call somebody.

That's amazing Ness! You're a psychic! How in the heck do you know that "somebody" person?

[ness]

Somebody knocked down the sign, so somebody ought to know to stop before the bridge, right? That's why I didn'

t call somebody -- he already knows. I better call somebody else

[woodman]

The Little Blue isn't to bad being filtered through the lakes in Jackson County...And quite a few access points under bridges along the bike trail..

[drew03cmc]

The Little Blue wades well, but it is a mud bottom creek. I have caught 2# largemouth from the creek there on Rebel Teeny Wee Craws.

[rfd515]

Last Saturday on the Little Blue, both on the fly obviously.

[woodman]

Nice ..what section were you on?

[rfd515]

Just south of red bridge

[Pflugradt]

Hey I know this is a bit of an old topic but........ I'm in St. Joe up north of KC and do a ton of fishing in the KC area I really want to put a yak on the blue and chase the carp on fly there. Also if anyone wants to check it out there is a board on FB called midwest kayak fishermen. I'm a member of the group. Hook up with us we're always looking for new folks with a desire to get out and about.