Fishing Report 10/4

[WestCentralFisher]

Hope everyone's having a good Friday. As I write this, I'm sitting on the bench by the confluence of Bennett Spring and the Niangua River. A gentleman just caught and released a pretty good sized rainbow from either the first foot of the White Ribbon section or the last foot of Bennett Spring Branch. 

Been on the Niangua since early morning, and it's been one of those days that'll get me through the cold days of winter in a few months. The leaves are starting to turn, the weather is perfect, there's a little breeze, and the fish have been biting. I have fished several sections of the Niangua today already (surprisingly, not including the section immediately downstream of Bennett; I'm just here to relax and people watch now until it's time to head home shortly). 

The fishing was....not terribly difficult. Quite a few rainbows were caught, ranging from 8 inches up to one real good one that may have pushed 17-18 inches. Panther Martin spinners, mostly. I also found a few schools of goggle-eye which provided pretty heavy action on the ultra-light, and caught two smallmouth bass as well. I released all the trout except one that will be dinner, and that is the one I took a picture of. All of the smallmouth and goggle-eye are back in the water too, though some of the larger goggle-eye made me think on that a little.

Just a glorious day to be outside in a pretty place with far fewer people for company than a couple months back. 

 

[BilletHead]

14 minutes ago, WestCentralFisher said:

Hope everyone's having a good Friday. As I write this, I'm sitting on the bench by the confluence of Bennett Spring and the Niangua River. A gentleman just caught and released a pretty good sized rainbow from either the first foot of the White Ribbon section or the last foot of Bennett Spring Branch. 

Been on the Niangua since early morning, and it's been one of those days that'll get me through the cold days of winter in a few months. The leaves are starting to turn, the weather is perfect, there's a little breeze, and the fish have been biting. I have fished several sections of the Niangua today already (surprisingly, not including the section immediately downstream of Bennett; I'm just here to relax and people watch now until it's time to head home shortly). 

The fishing was....not terribly difficult. Quite a few rainbows were caught, ranging from 8 inches up to one real good one that may have pushed 17-18 inches. Panther Martin spinners, mostly. I also found a few schools of goggle-eye which provided pretty heavy action on the ultra-light, and caught two smallmouth bass as well. I released all the trout except one that will be dinner, and that is the one I took a picture of. All of the smallmouth and goggle-eye are back in the water too, though some of the larger goggle-eye made me think on that a little.

Just a glorious day to be outside in a pretty place with far fewer people for company than a couple months back. 

 

             Hey Man there at least a couple of Oaf Members at hidden Valley Campground not far from you. This is when the Reddington Home Waters event is going on.  Plenty of stuff to look at and buy at discount rates if you are wanting something. Would like to meet you. 

[WestCentralFisher]

18 hours ago, BilletHead said:

             Hey Man there at least a couple of Oaf Members at hidden Valley Campground not far from you. This is when the Reddington Home Waters event is going on.  Plenty of stuff to look at and buy at discount rates if you are wanting something. Would like to meet you. 

Dang! I left right after I originally posted so just seeing this now. Sorry.

[oneshot 1]

Usually fish for Suckers there haven't fished for Goggle Eye since they changed the length limit. 

Went to Barclay fished the other day did well. 

oneshot 

[WestCentralFisher]

Got out again today. Largely smallmouth fishing on this stretch, which was solid. One pretty good brown spotted and eventually caught. Fun day. 

[T.J. Clarke]

Nice, and you are far enough away from all the concrete busting noise at Bennett!!