Floating/Trout fishing next month

[WestCentralFisher]

Hello there. Quick question in regards to floating/fishing the North Fork of the White. Ideally, we're wanting to rent canoes for a couple days towards the latter part of July and fish for trout. The slight issue we're running up against is that it seems most or all of the floats with shuttles available (listed publicly) don't really feature the best trout waters heavily. They either seem start at Hammonds Mill and end with just a couple miles of trout water or start below the end of the Blue Ribbon Area.

So I guess the question is, does anyone know of a canoe/kayak outfitter that will shuttle a float that centers around the best trout water more? Not to sound whiny, it's no problem if not. Smallmouth are fun too and we're also looking toward the 11 Point if we can't figure it out for the NFOW. Thanks either way. 

[fisheye]

Check out https://www.sunburstranchcanoe.com/

They can drop you off upstream and you can float to their campground.

There are Stripe Bass that can be in the 40 lbs range in that stretch of river.  

Bryant Creek has some nice smallmouth fishing and has less canoe traffic.  Might be the only canoe on the creek during a weekday.

 

 

 

[WestCentralFisher]

2 hours ago, fisheye said:

Check out https://www.sunburstranchcanoe.com/

They can drop you off upstream and you can float to their campground.

There are Stripe Bass that can be in the 40 lbs range in that stretch of river.  

Bryant Creek has some nice smallmouth fishing and has less canoe traffic.  Might be the only canoe on the creek during a weekday.

 

 

 

Perfect, we'll give them a holler. Thank you!

[WallBry88]

Bryan and Steph will take care of you at Sunburst, July probably not the best time to be trout fishing NFOW 

Just Spencer with Eleven Point Fly Fishing https://www.elevenpointflyfishing.com/ would be a good outlet for a GUIDED FLOAT on the 11 Point

Good Luck

 

[WestCentralFisher]

3 hours ago, WallBry88 said:

Bryan and Steph will take care of you at Sunburst, July probably not the best time to be trout fishing NFOW 

Just Spencer with Eleven Point Fly Fishing https://www.elevenpointflyfishing.com/ would be a good outlet for a GUIDED FLOAT on the 11 Point

Good Luck

 

Thanks. I know it's not the best timing, but it's the timing the works. Very familiar with the 11 Point. I lived in Winona for a couple summers, so I know the blue ribbon section of that one like the back of my hand. My favorite trout stream in the state. 

Just never been over to the North Fork somehow, and I'd love to check it out. We've fished a ton on the other notable trout  streams in the state and somehow the North Fork keeps getting pushed off. Hopefully with the wet spring, the springs will be well charged into the summer and water temps will stay reasonable. One can hope.

In any case, we'll give Sunburst a call since that seems like the consensus. Thanks again. 

[Al Agnew]

Ever since the big flood, North Fork has had a problem with high water temps in the lower part of the trout stretch.  It scoured most of the trees off the banks that once shaded the river. You are definitely wise to go as high as possible in the trout section in mid-summer.

[WestCentralFisher]

16 hours ago, Al Agnew said:

Ever since the big flood, North Fork has had a problem with high water temps in the lower part of the trout stretch.  It scoured most of the trees off the banks that once shaded the river. You are definitely wise to go as high as possible in the trout section in mid-summer.

Copy that. Leaning towards hitting the 11 Pt this time around and circling back to the North Fork in the fall.

[ElkHairCaddis]

@WestCentralFisher, did you go? The North Fork is gorgeous.

[Gavin]

The NFoW still has some trout, and it’s always been tough fishin in comparrisdon to other rivers. There are some big striped bass in that river year round.. 

[WestCentralFisher]

1 hour ago, ElkHairCaddis said:

@WestCentralFisher, did you go? The North Fork is gorgeous.

Based on what I heard here and read elsewhere, we decided to do the Eleven Point instead. Not giving up on the North Fork totally, just didn't sound like late July was the right time. We're going to try it in October.

I'll admit the information I've read since I  posted this question have my expectations significantly more in check. I somewhat regret never hitting the NFoW when it was still talked about as one of the better non-tailwaters in the Ozarks. But it looks pretty enough to be worth taking a flyer on even if the fishing isn't great.