Members Hays Posted February 13, 2014 Members Share Posted February 13, 2014 I've never floated the Osage Fork of the Gasconade. Anyone willing to share their views on the best sections of the river, favorite float, etc. I've heard that there can be log jams. Any experience with that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch f Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 Hays, fished it last year during high water with my jet boat. I only fished the last few miles. Caught a couple of decent largemouth. The majority of the fish that day for me can from the Gascy between Gasconade hills (back up river) and Hazelgreen. The fork had a couple of good spots in the last one or two if memory serves. I don't recall the log jams.........I know, not much to go on. "Honor is a man's gift to himself" Rob Roy McGregor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdWaterFshr Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 Osage Fork is a gem - just wish it was closer. I like the upper end and around Hwy B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne SW/MO Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 It's probably one of the least used waters that are floatable. The only log jams I've encountered were on the lower end and they were actually downed trees that had to be portaged. It's slower than the other rivers around it and is probably described as a big year around creek. Don't go if you're squeamish about the bottom of your canoe. It's worth doing, anything from Orla down. Today's release is tomorrows gift to another fisherman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greasy B Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 It's been 20 years or so but I recall a log jam so big it swallowed the whole river. I'm sure by now that one is gone but I wouldn't go around any blind corners with out being super cautious. His father touches the Claw in spite of Kevin's warnings and breaks two legs just as a thunderstorm tears the house apart. Kevin runs away with the Claw. He becomes captain of the Greasy Bastard, a small ship carrying rubber goods between England and Burma. Michael Palin, Terry Jones, 1974 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Agnew Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 For some reason I've never had better than mediocre fishing on the Osage Fork. I've probably fished it five or so times in the last 30 years, so that isn't a big sample size. It's good looking fishing water, though. It can be narrow and have split channels, so log jams are always possible, but I've never encountered any bad ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSBreth Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 I've fished it a lot over the years and my experience mirrors Al's - not a lot of size although to look at it you'd think there's some bigger ones in there in all the timber. I have caught a lot of numbers though - it's not like there are no fish there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavin Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Floated it with Coldwater years ago....Great trip but poor fishing, IMO...wrong day I guess...river was up, and muddy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne SW/MO Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 I fished it quite a bit at one time, but as others have said no size. I did catch my biggest on it, 18", one Nov. but about 14 was the largest before that. It has a larger percentage of frog water than mos, IMO, and goggle eyes to go with it. Today's release is tomorrows gift to another fisherman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hays Posted February 14, 2014 Author Members Share Posted February 14, 2014 Actually, it was the goggle-eye I was most interested in. My cousin, who passed away a few years ago, and who was my constant fishing buddy when we were kids, wanted to take me to a great google-eye hole he knew about on the Osage Fork. Sadly, we never made the trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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