Elk River - Pineville MO

[68pointbuck]

A buddy and Me will be heading down to Hot Springs AR the second weekend of April!! Last year we took our poles and I found a few places to stop and fish on the Elk River near Pineville. We stopped at the public access area by Kozy Kamp and fished for a couple of hours... and we each did pretty well. My buddy landed a 4+ lbs large mouth and a few smallies, and I caught a couple of smallies as well. I was plenty happy for just fishing one little section on a whim. This year, we are are trying to locate a few other spots to try out as well. I have been all over google map and have seen some places that look promising, but I'm not sure if they are accessible or not. Does anyone have suggestions of a spot or two that would they would be willing to share? We would be in and out in a couple of hours as we pass through! Thanks in advance!

[Gavin]

 You  know there are fish there,  burn your own gas and scout it yourself. That is most of fun anyway.

[tjm]

Access is limited. 10 minutes from my house and I rarely fish it at all.  If you found "a few places " ; i wish you would share with me.
MDC /town access by 71B in Pineville,  MDC Mt Shira  access near Ginger Blue, MDC  access at Mo43 are the only public accesses that I know of.

[Chief Grey Bear]

2 hours ago, Gavin said:

 You  know there are fish there,  burn your own gas and scout it yourself. That is most of fun anyway.

Ouch! But I did chuckle. And it's true, it is the most fun. 

Cross the bridge at Pineville and head west. The hiway will swing off to the south down a ways. Keep heading west on the paved road. There will be a couple of pull offs where locals swim and fish. 

[drew03cmc]

Google Maps or Google Earth is my best resource for finding places.

[68pointbuck]

10 hours ago, drew03cmc said:

Google Maps or Google Earth is my best resource for finding places.

Yeah, that's what I've been doing and how I have found the few place that look like we can get to legally. There are are lot of good looking spots, but I just cant tell if they are private drives or what? I''m hoping some of them work out! Either way, we can fish the same spots we did last year and have a good time! I used to float that river multiple times a summer and I always remember people fishing in some pretty good looking water... I just dont have much knowledge on that area!

[68pointbuck]

On 3/4/2019 at 5:25 PM, Chief Grey Bear said:

Ouch! But I did chuckle. And it's true, it is the most fun. 

Cross the bridge at Pineville and head west. The hiway will swing off to the south down a ways. Keep heading west on the paved road. There will be a couple of pull offs where locals swim and fish. 

We actually tried to find time before our trip to go down there and do just that, but it's not going to work out. I'm 3= hours away, so google maps/helpful locals is my best option.

[Chief Grey Bear]

Google is great. I love it. But you'll see it will send you right where I said.