Nick Williams Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 Have the fish started spawning yet? Or already spawned? Looking at a trip soon and want to be sure of conditions before I make the drive. Just don't want to interrupt any spawners! Thanks for any info! - Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timsfly Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 There is some spawning going on, fish do it in the water Tim Homesley 23387 st. hwy 112 Cassville, Mo 65625 Roaring River State park Tim's Fly Shop www.missouritrout.com/timsflyshop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laker67 Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 Wild trout do not spawn until spring, as the water is warming up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timsfly Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 We'll go down there and tell them they are doing it wrong, lots of redds They are actively spawning now. Crane creek trout usually spawn in late dec.-feb, I guess that is how west coast wild trout do it. This video was taken a couple of weeks ago. I didn't take the video, but I know the guy very well that did, he fishes crane a lot, he is very good. Tim Homesley 23387 st. hwy 112 Cassville, Mo 65625 Roaring River State park Tim's Fly Shop www.missouritrout.com/timsflyshop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jayhawk Chris Posted January 11, 2014 Members Share Posted January 11, 2014 Fished it yesterday for about 5 hours. Covered a lot of ground. Found a number of redds and fish doing their water dance. I stuck a nice 17" fish in a deep pool on an olive wooly, although I missed several more. It was my first wild bow down there. I did not target any fish on or near redds as I have too much respect for them. Fished Capps on Wednesday for about 4 hours and landed a couple of browns on midges. Missed/lost nearly a dozen fish on EHC from about 1-1:30 during a hatch. I had to trim my size 16 EHC down to about a size 20 to get any action. Saw a couple of trout water dancing there as well, but not nearly as much as I saw on Crane. There were a couple of powerbat fisherman that had a few nice fish. Still have a lot to learn about both of these creeks, but Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members chris in nixa Posted January 12, 2014 Members Share Posted January 12, 2014 How long does the spawn last? Chris Russell Nixa, MO facebook.com/chris.russell <a href='http://s108.photobucket.com/albums/n30/livetoplay804/?action=view¤t=1988532da402597ff98256edf50ec131.jpg'><span rel='lightbox'><img src='http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n30/livetoplay804/th_1988532da402597ff98256edf50ec131.jpg' alt='Posted Image' class='bbc_img' /></span></a> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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