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As much as I like the upper gasconade for smallies and goggleye surely there are others who love this river and have something to offer all of us.

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The Gasconade river USED to be my favorite river. I repeat Used to be. I am only in my twenties and i can remember way better times on this river, and this doesnt have to do with me only fishing it a little and only going on a bad day. I live pretty close to this river and have fished it close to once a week during the summers. I will fish it maybe once or twice a year anymore and that is always early, before black bass season opens. I fish mainly the upper parts as far down as competition, mainly closer to hartville. The last couple of summers if you go once the water has warmed much it is stagnant, and weed choked everywhere. I have heard many people say they dont even want to eat fish out of there anymore. I still catch some fish in there and yes there are some fish in the river, but way fewer smallmouth, and a lot less quality fish as well. I will still fish it, and like it, but its just not the same.

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I caught some nice ones out of a bluff hole in November where they are probably wintering. Its a long river, so I guess one just has to search out the accesses.

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Yeah winter is definitely the time to fish the Gasconade. That or late fall of Early spring. Once the summer starts to get the weather hot it gets pretty nasty. every gravel bar seems to have a herd of cows on it, and every slow hole is full of weeds.

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Sounds kinda like me on Crane bs28 - I just dont get there as often as before... numerous reasoning for me on Crane too.. people / lack of water / snakes / access / weeds / slow fishing at times / difficulty in locating fish.. are just a few.

I should get up there and fish this river though.. I really enjoyed reading about it.. hopefully it isnt gonna end up like parts of the James River.. yeck!

best fishes - Brian

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There is a plant growing in it that is taking a lot of the long current runs. I don't remember the name of it, but it doesn't seem to be taking the deeper runs. It isn't so thick that it can't provide cover, so the impact might not be negative.

I suspect that it may be getting more and more unneeded nutrients, just as the James did, but we can hope the DNR doesn't wait like they did on the James.

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Yeah it seems to be taking it over. I have heard the name of it too and can't remember it. I have a couple of ideaas what the source of it is. It could something to do with the millions of cows you see standing in the middle of it, and I have also heard something about a certain town that starts with a H and ends with an artville, along the river and its sewage treatment thing right along the river. Not to nam e any names or anything.

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