Boiling Spring To Mason Bridge ?

[jibro]

HAve never floated the Big Piney and was wondering how the fishing was in this strech.

Is there a better strectch to fish?

[Al Agnew]

I wouldn't say it's much better or worse than stretches above and below it. It happens to be one of the slower parts of the Piney, with a lot of quiet water.

[jibro]

slower water doesn't sound too promising for smallies

[rainbow]

We have fished that area and caught goggle eye and smallmouth. Good fighters but not much in the way of size. We stayed at Boiling Springs resort which was a pretty good place.

[Gavin]

The scenery is a little better between Mason and Ross Bridge but dont do the 6x to Ross stretch on the weekend...tons of floaters. East Gate down to the Gasconade is a pretty stretch too.

[jibro]

we are going to go down friday night and float Saturday. really im looking for a float with least amount of people and best fishing (like we dont all look for that everytime we head out)

yes i realize its Memorial Day weekend and there are going to be people but the Current and Meramec will be packed and i was hoping that the Big Piney is little more remote and plus i just wanted to fish a new river

[jibro]

would it better to do Mason to Slabtown?

[Gavin]

Mason is about 6.5 miles down from Boiling Springs CG...and Slabtown is about 9 miles above were the Redneck Riviera starts (6x)...I dont think the outfitters put boats on that stretch very often due to the logistics.If you have your own boats, and intend to camp on the river Friday & Saturday...no problem....If you need an outfitter...you might have a hard time making arrangements for that float on a Saturday.

[jibro]

i do have my own canoe, however i spoke to a lady at boiling springs who was extremely nice and was willing to shuttle me for the Mason to Salbtown float. just told me talk to her about it when i arrived and if she suddenly had a bunch of people floating boiling spring to mason that she would put on the mason to slabtown float cause there would be less people. now which of these floats if any fish better?

[Al Agnew]

Whichever one appears to have fewer people that day...really, there isn't a whole lot of difference in the fishing on those stretches. Just keep in mind that the Mason to Slabtown float is also kinda slow, and 9 or 10 miles might be a long way to go in a day...unless you're like me. The last time I floated it I floated from Boiling Spring to Slabtown in one day!