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Post by gui on Aug 11, 2020 22:20:01 GMT -6
Hey guys & girls, Looks like we’ll be staying for a few days in a cabin on the upper river at the end of this month, about 3 miles below Smithville. I’m planning on fishing for whatever bites there (when the girls are taking naps  ) and was wondering if anyone in here was familiar with this section of the river? At least from satellite images, it looks like there is a section of the river called « the narrows » below Smithville where 259 is the closest that looks like a good place to wade and throw some clousers. I’ll bring our raft too, since some interesting waters seem accessible from a paddle down the cabin and back up. Anyway, looking forward to getting some time by the water. It’s been way too long! |
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Post by FlyAndStream on Aug 12, 2020 0:04:58 GMT -6
Honestly, gui the fly shop crew probably has experience in that location, better to message them privately in order to learn some intel and tips. Clousers would be good tho, its mostly a warm species game from my limited experience there. |
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Post by glitchmo on Aug 12, 2020 9:05:00 GMT -6
Water might be a little skinny for floating. It looks like average flows are only around 20cfs up there this time of year. waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/uv?site_no=07338750Bring the raft anyways, since you never know, but I would expect walking conditions. Should be smallies, spots, maybe largies. Clousers, rabbit leech, and a few small poppers would be my guesses. Good luck! |
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Post by dainw on Aug 12, 2020 10:58:18 GMT -6
What Glitchmo said is pretty spot on. Have only really fished it myself looking for white bass in the spring. I think David floats it some he may have more info. From what I understand Kentucky spotted bass are the dominant bass species.
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Post by gui on Aug 12, 2020 15:05:19 GMT -6
Thanks for the reply guys! That's good info. I should always think about the usgs gauges... I sometimes forget about this great database.
I think I can recognize a smallmouth bass and then the rest is "a bass". So I'm looking forward to some ichthyology on this trip! (I googled it)
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Post by FlyAndStream on Aug 12, 2020 18:50:15 GMT -6
"I googled it" 😆
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Post by danimal on Aug 12, 2020 20:32:50 GMT -6
Upper Mtn Fork rose 12.5 feet today so it might have some decent water levels if it gets a couple more good rains this month. As said above it definitely has more Spotted bass than smallmouth, but they're still fun to catch and really tasty when fried up if you're into that.
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Post by glitchmo on Aug 12, 2020 20:46:09 GMT -6
Upper Mtn Fork rose 12.5 feet today so it might have some decent water levels if it gets a couple more good rains this month. As said above it definitely has more Spotted bass than smallmouth, but they're still fun to catch and really tasty when fried up if you're into that.   I saw the rain when I wrote that this morning, but I definitely didn’t expect that much |
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Post by gui on Aug 12, 2020 21:30:01 GMT -6
Wow, that’s a steep rise! Good to know!
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Post by danimal on Aug 12, 2020 22:18:00 GMT -6
Cossatot River just across the border in Arkansas rose 16 ft -- almost 40,000 cfs!!
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Post by golferjeff on Aug 15, 2020 10:41:06 GMT -6
Wow that's a lot of water. Must have been a big storm!
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Post by danimal on Aug 15, 2020 19:45:03 GMT -6
Wow that's a lot of water. Must have been a big storm! As much as 8 to 12 inches in spots. |
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) and was wondering if anyone in here was familiar with this section of the river?
