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[Wayne SW/MO]

Wifes going to be home this weekend, so the collar and leash will be on.

[bobber]

we fished all day sat,nothing but 14 to 16 inch fish ,and then right thru the rain storms on sunday but it all was worth while, fish the same size on sunday.no little ones at all, we floated pruit to hasty, and then hasty to carver ,and we camped at carver...by the way,( the water is off at most of the campgrounds, but we had water at carver ) and camping is free! till they turn it back on! driving home water was pouring off the mountain, all the creeks and ditches were flowing good... and the elk are still in the valley ,i saw them just befor dark along the road. about 20 or so of them..

[bobber]

eurbie to ozark on friday morning!!! camping . and then hasty to carver>>> show up! just to fish if nothing else!

[ollie]

Sounds fun, have a good time for me!

[bobber]

well this trip was a good one, 70 degrees and sunny in the end of november!! man , is doesn't get any better! we fished the first day eurbie to ozark... 22 minutes in the water and bam!!! my very first 18 inch fish!! followed by two more. back to back casts!!! i thought 'o boy what a day starting off like that!>>>>>... i should have kept my thoughts to myself ! 3 more mile and NOTHING!! we paddled to another deep (blue- green pool)you couldn't see the bottom in and bam! we started to catch them left and right! we sat on that spot for around three hours ,not one of the fish we caught was small at all. most of them in the 15 to 17 inch range and fat!! but i never saw any minnows or a crawfish all day long well as a mater of fact never saw any on the last three trips? we set camp up at eurbie in the dark and never could get the fire wood we brought with to blaze away ! so that made for and early night! getting an early start was delayed due to the thick fog that rolled in and soaked everything! i stuck my head out and YOU COULDN'T SEE! I MEAN SO THICK I GOT TURNED AROUND GOING TOO THE BATHROOM AND WALKED THE WRONG WAY AROUND BACK TO THE CAMP SITE. KINDA SPOOKY! THE ONLY THING THAT SAVED ME WAS THE GRAVEL ON THE ROAD! WE WAITED ABOUT TWO HOURS BEFOR IT WAS THIN ENOUGH TO KINDA' SEE ...then we made are way out of the campground ,and by the time we hit the hwy the sun was out and another day a waited. we decided to make a run from kyles landing( if your breaks are weak don't go down that road) back to eurbie .. well this turned out to be a slow day no fish untill around are lunch stop and the the action was back on and only in the deep pools of water i did pull a few from the tail sections of the fast moving water most fish ranger in the 15 to 16 inch end of the scale all was good untill the last mile at the eurbie ford! rather than walking around it i decided to shoot over it! ... bad choice! i jabed the noise of my kayak in the ground and the back hung on the road side so there i set with water swirling around the front end and my back end high and dry? with some wiggling and pushing i managed to get all of my kayak back into the water just in time to watch the guy i went with say no.. no. you go on this side! yeah right!! i watched him do the same thing , only his short bell canoe just rolled over and dumped him in the water! so after a fast gathering of all the floating object and some feeling around the bottom to find the other stuff lost we made it back with everything we set out with! THIS MADE FOR A FAST PADDLE BACK TO THE CAR after a change into dry warm close we packed it all up and headed home, on the way into ponca the elk heard was the largest i have seen there . it was too dark to take any photos but i just might go back to watch them to night... any way it beats lugging the packages around at the mall!

[wily]

Bobber, I have a two small boys, and one would really like to see an elk. I would like to take them camping next spring on the buffalo river. Where would you suggest we camp?

I'd like it to have a good gravel bar because they like to look for crawdads. I'd probably wade fish. Wife kind a likes hiking, so we'd just hang around the campground.

thanks, ken

[bobber]

well it's all good!! first to see the ELK come now! no kidding...to the boxley valley for a day trip you can see them early in the morning. but it has been the evining that they all come out! and bring your camera (you can't miss them. it's were all the cars line-up both side of the road) #1..lost valley and steel creek has the best of the tall bluffs,then kyles landing/and orrs boyscout camp( but it's steep down in there (smoke your breaks steep)these are mostly the whitewater-ers even to eurbie,.but they have all the good hikings (because i see the trail signs) and the backpakers along the river .this is what they call the upper section then from pruit and hasty there isn't any.it's day use only . then carver it's nice but small, roadside park like, but tyler bend is the buffalo's finest hands down! paved all the way! hot and cold running water showers

[Jim: NE/OK]

Bob, it appears that you have become one of THE Buffalo River fishing and camping experts. Your reports are great and informative. Have you found a pattern that worked on most days and most sections (lures)?

With all that camping, were you pitching your tent or crawling into your truck? You didn't mess with my girl friend did you?

Jim

[bobber]

jim, it's you and wayne and ham and glen that did it too me! from that first river trip!! then the trip with al took it to the next level. it wasn't just fishin' anymore . and this season i have logged close to 100 miles of that river and every times it's something new! from high water to draging the bottom and only a few times have i seen any fishermen. the buffalo can be great! and on the other hand ,it can darn right nasty.. when you make the turn off that hwy , or MR. SHUTTLE drops you off you need to have made a few checklist's and the first time you don't..... well , lets just say cold ,and wet all day, and night will test the best of us. so, i guess i need to get my guide license! and taking folks with hey? anybody need a river fishing guide?? >>>>> and nope! I left her alone..

[Phil Lilley]

My sister will close on a house and property off highway 7 south of Harrison next week. I went down there this evening to take a look. It's not too far from the river. I'll have to visit!!