Fishing Report 7/27 -7/30 Round Spring / Log Jam

[Thomas Rogers]

Day 1

We started our trip off with a cheater trip to montauk were we both filled limits rather quickly on white jigs after breakfast in the park we headed down to to carr"s canoe were we put in at round spring and arranged for them to transport my truck and trailer down to two rivers which would be about the halfway point so we could restock water and trolling motor batteries ect to keep the weight down in the boat before moving on to to our take out at log jam and were two rivers would transport the rig down for us

After getting in the water about 10:30 I was a little concerned the bite might be off a little but as I have found so many times on the current small mouth just don't stop as just before we shoved off as my buddy packed the small cooler with drinks I could not resist the temptation and grabbed my rod with texas rigged zoom plum u-tail and first cast into the slow water off the Eddie right off the riffles a small but feisty 10" smallie set the mood of the day once heading down stream the bite just stayed on with fish after fish as I had alot of success throwing the plum u-tail but switching back and fourth with equal success with a green u-tail with several smallies above 12' as well as a steady bite of google eye as well as a nice 15' largemouth just of the bluffs past round spring camp ground but the big fish of the day belonged to buddy who landed his biggest smallie ever with a nice 17' on a white pearl fluke as it seamed I had more luck with the u-tails and the nice large mouth but he seemed to hit not as many but bigger fish with the fluke as the day went on we realized we were no were near jerk tail the area were we needed to be to stay on pace for our trip and with the sun setting quickly I put the motor in high gear blowing by several places that just looked like good fishing and with the amount of floaters on the river taking camp spots we missed about 3 miles of river as we needed to get near bee bluff to jerk tail to not make the next day so long

Day 2

After a little boat repair from dragging a little to much between round and big creek we headed out about 7 with fish on the bite right away as I switched to a little top water and spinner action with my partner switching off the fluke to a u-tail as well as 4' lizzard as the top water slowed down I switched to a bomber natural shad color crank bait for some of the deeper holes with moderate success but mostly small fish before switching to a purple with watermelon seed 5' worm with a 1/4 oz lead to help get to the bottom with another great day of fishing as we continued to just haul the fish in after a brief stop by conservation for license check as well as to check on any fish I decided to switch to a brush hog as the afternoon bite seemed to slow up we came across another nice eddie forming off of a bunch of trees blocking the river as we were in some really fast water I just caught sight of a big fish not sure what it was as we swept by I tossed the brush hog in just in front of him and it was on 10 min later I had the largest small mouth i have ever caught in three years fishing here in mo 23 1/2 ' 4lbs 3 oz on hand held scale what an amazing fish as well as feeling as I had my hands full trying to get to the beach as well as not loose my fish and thanks to the group of canoes for holding on the side not to inter fear with my line and allowing me to land this beauty after some quick pics on my buddies phone and weighing the fish a couple of mins of a little help getting him going and he was off to make another anglers day after the release we walked up to fish that eddie hauling three more fish one google and 2 smallies including a 15' for my buddy with a green chomper before moving on down river and honestly after that hole we more or less just fooled around and enjoyed the afternoon before making way to two rivers after stopping at two rivers for fresh batteries and supplies from the truck we moved on down river about 2 miles before calling it a night on sand bar

Day 3

After a great 2nd day in the books I looked forward to the river ahead as I had never been round spring to two rivers before but have been below two rivers plenty so I know the water the first few miles after two rivers never been real good to me but once we hit the bluffs and owls bend it was on once again this time on a deep diving crank bait dark in color I hooked 5 nice smallies all between 12' and 14' and one at 16' as my partner slowed down on fishing I continued with more success on a multiple range between a green u-tail and plum u -tail and as I expected the fishing really picked up as we got closer to powder mill and so did the depth of water as from two rivers down we dragged once the whole trip before having to get out just after the 106 bridge and just before powder mill after spending the night just past blue spring we prepared for our last day down to log jam

Day 4

after another early start slight success on top water but the big fish just never seemed to care for top water after switching back to chompers with some good fishing as in numbers with a range from 8' 12' they weren't big but boy they put up a fight and what lacked in size made up in numbers with solid fishing all day down to log Jam

but as much as I love the lower parts of the current for fishing nothing could compare to the monster on day 2 and for the people that think big fish don't reside in the current we had 7 fish over 16' and dozens between 10' and 14' with four days spent on the current I enjoyed every moment form the goggle eyes to the biggest smallie I have ever caught or seen we caught some easy 70+ fish all released safely to be caught again with the exception of the trout I set out on this trip to search out baits and really get a feel for the current and locals all tell me that small yellow and green grubs work the best I seemed to find that 4' to 5' plum , watermelon really seemed to be the ticket in my eyes as the u-tails defiantly brought in the majority of fish with pearl fluke catching a few but with most being on the larger size

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[Greasy B]

Yea, heck of trip and a good report. Fair warning your going to run into some skeptics about a 23"+ fish. I bunch of Ozark lifers on here including myself who have never broke the 21" mark. I really don't need to see a picture because I take your word and think it's very possible. Whether the truth is part of a fish story kind of takes the story out of the fish story. Did that make sense? I hope not. The truth belongs in marriage and the on witness stand. Truth in the rest of life is often an illusion anyway. Congratulations.