Pickle Creek

[Daryk Campbell Sr]

I took a hike and did some fishing.  I caught one of the prettiest long ear sunfish I've seen.  It was on my homeade tenkara rod and a fly I tied.  I regret not taking my micro fly rod. I seen many fish just out of reach.  

I was also using red wigglers from Walmart.   They are coffee scented.  I think many fish were turned off by that.  I watched them approach, and quickly turn away.  

 

[Quillback]

Nice looking creek.  

[BilletHead]

7 hours ago, Daryk Campbell Sr said:

 

I was also using red wigglers from Walmart.   They are coffee scented.  I think many fish were turned off by that.    

 

                   Next time go decaffeinated! 

[ness]

Not sure about how fish feel about them, but Red Wigglers just make me smile. 

[WestCentralFisher]

Beautiful. In many ways, fly fishing for longears on these little Ozark creeks is Missouri's answer to fishing for brookies on headwater streams in the mountains. And they're every bit as pretty.

[Terrierman]

Pickle Creek is a real gem.  Good job Daryk.

[Johnsfolly]

Great post Daryk! Love the scenery and that pretty longear. I don't know about the coffee scented red worms but I have seen fish shy away from the red worms that Walmart sells that they leave out in room temps. I have stopped buying them where possible. Nothing worse to get on a cool new species and it reject your bait. 

[Al Agnew]

"Red wigglers, the Cadillac of worms!"  (WKRP in Cincinnati)

I spent some nice days on Pickle Creek, including floating it one time.  It used to be a place where you could catch grass pickerel; there was one or two in every pool of any size.  But the last few times I waded down it, I didn't see any.  Spectacularly beautiful creek!

[Daryk Campbell Sr]

7 hours ago, Al Agnew said:

"Red wigglers, the Cadillac of worms!"  (WKRP in Cincinnati)

I spent some nice days on Pickle Creek, including floating it one time.  It used to be a place where you could catch grass pickerel; there was one or two in every pool of any size.  But the last few times I waded down it, I didn't see any.  Spectacularly beautiful creek!

I would imagine it would take a good rain for any consideration of a float.  Or possibly in another section. It was very low in both Hawn and the nature preseve, as seen in the pictures.  I did see what I believe was shaped and colored like a sauger streak by.  No pickerel that I seen.

I only fished in Hawn, the preserve had a sign that requested not to disturb any animals.   I took it to include fish.  

[jdmidwest]

I have never trailed the Pickle Creek down, but I have always thought it was a slightly wade able stream.  I never knew you could launch a boat and float it.

We have used the CA for photo ops in the shut in area.