Where To Start?

[MeatintheFreezer]

I wouldn't take my kids there to float or fish either one. It can get pretty ridiculous in the summer.

You could compare it to spring break on a Panama City Beach......

[Big Brown Trout]

That's funny and sad at the same time.

and pretty accurate to.

I've been out on Elk on days where you literally can't cast and not land your lure on a tube or canoe (luckily I wasn't fishing)

the first (and last) fishing trip I took on Elk ended with us getting caught on a tree and a drunk canoer deciding the best way to 'help' us was to yank on the canoe until we flipped. lost everything including fishing poles and fish (and FOOD/DRINK). luckily we only had another 7 1/2 miles left to float.

I would definitely advise Indian or Elk below the dam, or Elk on weekdays.

all that said there is one spot on Elk I was aching to fish but having no pole I didn't.......maybe if I get a float tube..

[hoglaw]

We fish it on moon lit nights in the summer. The drunks are still there, but they're landlocked. Had an interesting experience missing my take out and coming upon a group of a dozen of them skinny dipping once. They were very helpful and let us take out at their property, but none were fit to give us a ride back upstream so we walked. Fiancee caught her pb smallmouth this way.

[Big Brown Trout]

coming upon a group of a dozen of them skinny dipping once.

depending on the M/F ratio this is either one of the best or worst stories ever...

[hoglaw]

They were a little old for my taste but they were friendly. We declined their invitation to join them. That was at Jed's landing now that I think about it. We were supposed to take out at Russ's place but missed it in the dark. Jed was super nice and let me bring my rig down to his property to retrieve my canoe.