Mid Mo Smallies

[fishinwrench]

18 minutes ago, Bill B. said:

Look at what the MDC says about the three forks of the Salt River that feed into the west end of Mark Twain Lake, about an hour's drive from Columbia:

https://fishing.mdc.mo.gov/?f[0]=field_type%3A2&f[1]=field_region%3A555

 

I grew up on the Salt and its tribs.  The Elk fork in it's entirety, and the upper portion of Middle Fork (above Paris) have some excellent stretches of smallmouth water scattered along their length.  They flooded the decent Smallie holding portion of the Salt River when MT was impounded and anything below the dam is unlikely to hold enough SM to make it worthwhile, but the LM fishing is good.  

Look for areas with rock on both sides of the river.   Gravel or rock on one side and mud on the other is no good.   Rock on one side and gravel or rock on the other.... you're in business

[snagged in outlet 3]

Are you talking below the rereguation dam?

[fishinwrench]

11 minutes ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

Are you talking below the rereguation dam?

No worthwhile populations of Smallies below Cannon dam.  Not that I am aware of anyway.    

The tribs above MT lake do, and the beginning of the Salt River USED to before Cannon dam was built.  Buzzards Roost was a really good stretch....back in the day.  

[snagged in outlet 3]

35 minutes ago, fishinwrench said:

anything below the dam is unlikely to hold enough SM to make it worthwhile, but the LM fishing is good.  

Look for areas with rock on both sides of the river.   Gravel or rock on one side and mud on the other is no good.   Rock on one side and gravel or rock on the other.... you're in business

I was just up there last weekend. 

There is the main dam and then there is a rereg dam below that. 

Fished both with no action.   Are you referring to below the rereg dam 

[Gavin]

There are some smallies between the last dam an the Mississippi not many but they are there. 

[fishinwrench]

1 hour ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

I was just up there last weekend. 

There is the main dam and then there is a rereg dam below that. 

Fished both with no action.   Are you referring to below the rereg dam 

Are you drunk?  

Look at me!    There are NO F#&@!#& SMALLMOUTH DOWNSTREAM OF CANNON DAM, so there's dam sure none below the re-reg.

THEY ARE ALL ABOVE THE LAKE!

Got it?    Jesus Christ !    

[fishinwrench]

7 minutes ago, Gavin said:

There are some smallies between the last dam an the Mississippi not many but they are there. 

Listen, I'm having a hard enough time trying to communicate with this yayhoo.... Don't do this. 

[AlexFish1]

More places to try! I’m gonna be driving all over Missouri this print trying all these. Didn’t expect to get all this info

[AlexFish1]

12 minutes ago, fishinwrench said:

Are you drunk?  

Look at me!    There are NO F#&@!#& SMALLMOUTH DOWNSTREAM OF CANNON DAM, so there's dam sure none below the re-reg.

THEY ARE ALL ABOVE THE LAKE!

Got it?    Jesus Christ !    

So the best place to fish for smallies is downstream of cannon dam is what I’m reading 😂

[fishinwrench]

1 minute ago, AlexFish1 said:

So the best place to fish for smallies is downstream of cannon dam is what I’m reading 😂

Exactly!    Right there in the tailwater amongst the drum and the carp.