Stocking?

[oneshot]

Ok fished the river during the Winter for last 20 years.

Last few years just seems the river has not been being stocked in Winter as it was in the past. Is it just me?

oneshot

[fishinwrench]

I do suspect that they have gotten a bit more stingy with the river stocking but they still report stocking about the same numbers as they always do, so who knows, really.

There is one thing I notice about almost all the folks that fish powerbait, and it's that they always seem to spend all their time in deeper holes with little current. That's not the kind of spots where the trout are at alot of the time. Sometimes they are in faster water no deeper than your ankles, and other times they are in the slightly deeper tailouts immediately below the riffles, or other types of places....but I never see a bait soaker fishing anything but deep slow pools where there are comfortable places on the bank to sit down.

Put in a little more effort and make things a little harder on yourself and I bet it will pay off in quicker limits.

Just a suggestion.

[Wayne SW/MO]

I think there's a possibility that the river is colder than the fish like and they are moving to spring areas. It might better fishing closer to Bennett than to Barclay.

My experience observing the stocking in early September leads me to believe they might only stock one access when they stock?