Redhorse area ?

[Mitch f]

1 hour ago, Brian Jones said:

Why is that?  What is in it's drainage that causes all the mud????

Pretty much, it always seems like they both dump the mud!

[Greasy B]

Yes, similar geology, soil and topography. They even smell the same.

[Al Agnew]

Yes, Dry Fork actually has a larger watershed than the Meramec does above where the two run together (but much of its water sinks underground and furnishes the water for Maramec Spring).  There is a lot of farming in the watershed and a lot of cleared land, and as Greasy said, the geology is somewhat similar to the Bourbeuse...a lot of sand, not as much gravel.  Because the watershed is so large, after heavy rain there are a lot of creeks draining into the Dry Fork, most of them dumping muddy water in, and so it flows very strongly and muddy for a long period before going back to its usual state--dry.  It's also why Maramec Spring can get pretty dirty after heavy rains...a lot of the muddy water sinking in Dry Fork isn't filtered very much before coming out at the spring.

[Hog Wally]

I don't want to keep boring everyone with pictures so Smallie bigs can post em    More of the same though.  Big fish and big numbers.  

[Smalliebigs]

I figured  I'd  post this for my friend Hog Wally  as he is out fishing  right now and nailing  them once again....this is what I get from him on my phone most days one after anothet

 

[jpb2187]

37 minutes ago, Smalliebigs said:

I figured  I'd  post this for my friend Hog Wally  as he is out fishing  right now and nailing  them once again....this is what I get from him on my phone most days one after anothet

These are brutal to see while at work... I just got a new Ocean Kayak Prowler 13, bought it about the same time my wife and I had our 3rd baby 2 months ago (i.e. - I haven't used it at all yet.) I'm thinking when I get woken up at 4-5 am on Friday maybe i'll just head to the Meramec, instead of trying to fall back to sleep (which won't happen anyway)

[Hog Wally]

I had a hour to kill so I ran 10 minutes down from my house, which is a long way in my boat, to try some new fish.  Man did I find a pod   I didn't take pics of any others but had 6 fish over 15".  I love short violent trips.  Run and gun.  Jerk bait smalliebigs gave me found the fish then I murdered em with the craw.  Mitch craw.   Life is good !!!

[Flysmallie]

Crazy good fishing on the Maramec right now. And here I thought it was practically dead and full of spots. 

[Mitch f]

3 minutes ago, Flysmallie said:

Crazy good fishing on the Maramec right now. And here I thought it was practically dead and full of spots. 

The floods made the gigging season almost non existent, that's one of the biggest factors.

[Al Agnew]

It has seemed to me that Meramec fish tend to stay in pods in certain specific spots a lot more than on many other rivers.  Even in the summer when they are all up and down most rivers, you'll go a long way between productive spots for good fish on the Meramec.  The little ones scatter out but the bigger ones seem to hang together.  Even when they spawn, the bigger fish spawn on a few limited banks.  So if you are dialed into the spots where they are NOW, you can catch them, but the average Joe that doesn't know the spots or the pattern might not find them.  I fish it quite a bit but not nearly enough to keep abreast of where they are at any given point other than in the winter.  I've had quite a few meager trips this time of year when I didn't figure out the transitional patterns.