Members vulcan8000 Posted June 17, 2018 Members Posted June 17, 2018 Hi, all, First post, happy to meet all of you! I've been fishing the Meremac and Big Rivers, now I'm newly retired and want to learn to fish the Gasconade. I am wondering how far upriver I could comfortably run a small jet? Also, what are some of the better smallmouth areas? I'd love to learn parts of this river, just need some information of where to get started. Thanks!
moguy1973 Posted June 18, 2018 Posted June 18, 2018 From what I’ve seen by floating you could make it up about 2 miles above hwy 28 before there’s a hard right turn into a really shallow riffle. With decent water it can be done but during the summer with low flows probably not. There’s a few pretty good log jams up above that too. Between Riddle Bridge and the Big Piney is the smallmouth management area so all that stretch holds good ones usually. -- JimIf people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles. -- Doug Larson
Seth Posted June 18, 2018 Posted June 18, 2018 11 hours ago, moguy1973 said: Between Riddle Bridge and the Big Piney is the smallmouth management area so all that stretch holds good ones usually. The smallmouth management actually area runs down the Jerome bridge that sits just above Little Piney. Fishing is better around Riddle and gets tougher the farther down you go do to the extra fishing pressure. The gauge at Jerome was reading 2.00 this past weekend so it's going to start getting really skinny in some areas. You can also put in at Boiling Springs for $5. The next access down from there is Bell Chutes, which is about 20 miles down river from Boiling Spring since the Jerome access has never been re-opened.
moguy1973 Posted June 18, 2018 Posted June 18, 2018 3 hours ago, Seth said: The smallmouth management actually area runs down the Jerome bridge that sits just above Little Piney. Fishing is better around Riddle and gets tougher the farther down you go do to the extra fishing pressure. The gauge at Jerome was reading 2.00 this past weekend so it's going to start getting really skinny in some areas. You can also put in at Boiling Springs for $5. The next access down from there is Bell Chutes, which is about 20 miles down river from Boiling Spring since the Jerome access has never been re-opened. Did they extend it? Last I thought it only went to the BP. -- JimIf people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles. -- Doug Larson
Gavin Posted June 18, 2018 Posted June 18, 2018 They did extend the zones on the Meramec and Big Rivers this year, but no extension on the Gasconade. Its still Riddle to Jerome. Seth and Brian Jones 1 1
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