Who's been after some River springtime smallies yet?

[LittleRedFisherman]

I've had crappie fishing on my mind lately, but a friend of mine went to Doniphan today and said the river looked good. I'm starting to itch to try some smallmouth, anybody been after um?

[Al Agnew]

I'm hoping to go tomorrow, just haven't decided where and how...jetboat on the Meramec or canoe on smaller waters. Heard a report that some were being caught on spinnerbaits.

[Guest]

I haven't yet, but its definitely that time of year.

[rFisherk]

I've mostly been crappie fishing and mushroom hunting, but my hunting spots are along a couple of small creeks, and I've combined a little fly fishing with mushroom hunting. Have only caught a few small bass, even fewer than usual for small creeks. During turkey season, however, I plan to float camp and hunt along the Current River.

[Amery]

I like to get a pre spawn bite most years but tend to hold off and let them do there thing. Mid May I will be back in the saddle.

[LittleRedFisherman]

Saw a facebook post from a guide on Current River caught a 21 incher today, said bite was good for a bit then shut off. Think i'm going after crappie again tomorrow or the next day, ready to chase a Smallie tho!

[Guest]

Saw a facebook post from a guide on Current River caught a 21 incher today, said bite was good for a bit then shut off. Think i'm going after crappie again tomorrow or the next day, ready to chase a Smallie tho!

Have you been over to the Strawberry? It doesn't get mentioned on here too much.

I've only duck hunted there but I watched an old man wear out the crappie amgonst the tupelo trees.

Of course I floated the Spring river with all the knuckle heads. I didn't know squat about fishing clear water back then.

Lots of places that need to see the Little Rig in action.

[Greasy B]

This weekend is the first overnighter of the season, I'm getting pretty excited.

[Ham]

"To every thing there is a season" I don't usually hit flows for Smallies when the lakes are fishing so well. It's doable ; I just don't.

The s-berry is not commercially served. It is an interesting stream. Slower and less clear than I am used. It has a lot of small fish. I think the locals meat fish it pretty hard. I saw a guy hauling out about 20 small smallmouth on a stringer.

It also has a LOT of Cottonmouth. I had one strike at my boat. I should not have paddled so close to it! And I waded thru a riffle (a freaking riffle!) and looked down at my feet and saw what I thought was a dead cottonmouth. When I picked up the carcass with the t handled paddle, I discovered it was in fact a) not dead and not happy. I saw several other cottonmouth, but those were the two close encounters I had.

[jtram]

Took a float saturday and the catching was excellent, probably hit a new section of a local creek today after I get a few things done. Going to try to see how far up a river system the brown fish live. I know where some are, snd I know a few miles up there are none, now have to find out the rest!