Spring Creek beauty February 22

[Skeeter ZX190]

Took a trip to Spring Creek to get out on this beautiful day.  My first time to fish this creek.  I went to the end of the MDC access road off of J Highway and worked upstream from there.  I only caught 7 but one of them was definitely my PB for a wild trout.  It bit a #16 beadheaded prince nymph.  At least 18 inches long.

[Al Agnew]

Beautiful fish!  There is just no comparison between a wild trout and a stocker.

[Johnsfolly]

4 hours ago, Skeeter ZX190 said:

Took a trip to Spring Creek to get out on this beautiful day.  My first time to fish this creek.  I went to the end of the MDC access road off of J Highway and worked upstream from there.  I only caught 7 but one of them was definitely my PB for a wild trout.  It bit a #16 beadheaded prince nymph.  At least 18 inches long.

Great looking stream bred trout! A fantastic fish for sure. Certainly a big reward for fishing that stream instead of one that gets stocker rainbows. Congrats!

[Dutch]

Nice fish.  Which Spring Creek were you on?  

[Skeeter ZX190]

15 minutes ago, Dutch said:

Nice fish.  Which Spring Creek were you on?  

It's very close to Fort Leonard Wood.  South of I-44 on J Highway 8 miles.  Just upstream from where it intersects with the Big Piney.

[Dutch]

Ok just wondering.  I have a farm in Stone County.  Spring Creek runs along the east side of it and also has trout.

[JestersHK]

That's a giant for that little section of steam.

Congrats on a beautiful fish.  Love those fins.

[fishinwrench]

Very nice!  👍

[Gavin]

Nice one! Love those white tipped fins. Not much access on this one. The Danforth family owns most of that valley.