OAF group float - James River Sept 21... Who is Going?!?

[dan hufferd]

 

16 hours ago, Phil Lilley said:

Is there a camp ground close where we could make a weekend of it?

I put a tent beside the boat ramp a long time ago

[bfishn]

1 hour ago, dan hufferd said:

 

I put a tent beside the boat ramp a long time ago

Is it still there? 

[Flysmallie]

There are some great camping spots along that stretch if you want to do it primitive. Other than that it's going to be Hootentown or James River Outfitters for a campground. 

I'm probably out that weekend on camping but will definitley make it down to float. 

[Bass Yakker]

September 21 float works for me.  Probably not the camping though.  

[Gavin]

Darn it, we will be cutting pin oak and brushing duck blinds that weekend. Have fun!

[Al Agnew]

On 7/25/2024 at 6:06 AM, slabseeker said:

Being a swamp paddler I'm not too familiar with the James so I researched (Wikipedia of course).  I wasn't aware there was an Ozark Bass. 

[The river contains bass, catfish, crappie and bluegill.^[9] Four of the five world record Ozark bass were caught on the James River. The Ozark bass (Ambloplites constellatus) is a species of freshwater fish in the sunfish family (Centrarchidae) of order Perciformes. It is native only to the White River, Sac River, James River, and Pomme de Terre River drainages of Missouri and Arkansas. The species is commonly referred to as “goggle-eye”].   Sounds like fun.

To most people, the Ozark bass is just a goggle-eye.  But there are three different "goggle-eye" species in the Ozarks, and there ARE differences in them.  Northern rock bass, shadow bass, and Ozark bass.  Northern rock bass are in the Gasconade and Meramec river systems, and in the creeks running into the Mississippi south of St. Louis.  Shadow bass are in the Castor, St. Francis, and Black river systems (including Current, Eleven Point, and Spring).  Ozark bass are found only the upper White River system, including North Fork, Buffalo, and James...nowhere else on earth.  Here is my article on them with my illustrations of the three:

https://riversandart.blogspot.com/2020/04/growing-up-in-missouri-ozarks-and-being.html

[Johnsfolly]

I've caught all three in Missouri. Now just need to catch a Roanoke bass as the last one in that genus.

[dan hufferd]

17 hours ago, Al Agnew said:

To most people, the Ozark bass is just a goggle-eye.  But there are three different "goggle-eye" species in the Ozarks, and there ARE differences in them.  Northern rock bass, shadow bass, and Ozark bass.  Northern rock bass are in the Gasconade and Meramec river systems, and in the creeks running into the Mississippi south of St. Louis.  Shadow bass are in the Castor, St. Francis, and Black river systems (including Current, Eleven Point, and Spring).  Ozark bass are found only the upper White River system, including North Fork, Buffalo, and James...nowhere else on earth.  Here is my article on them with my illustrations of the three:

https://riversandart.blogspot.com/2020/04/growing-up-in-missouri-ozarks-and-being.html

I guess the warmouth fits in there somewhere. I also did not know the shadow bass was in that group. Pretty cool stuff!

[Johnsfolly]

1 hour ago, dan hufferd said:

I guess the warmouth fits in there somewhere. I also did not know the shadow bass was in that group. Pretty cool stuff!

Warmouth are in the Lepomis genus along with the green sunfish, bluegill, longear, redear and those other brim,😉

[Quillback]

3 hours ago, Johnsfolly said:

Warmouth are in the Lepomis genus along with the green sunfish, bluegill, longear, redear and those other brim,😉

Bream doggone it, Bream!