tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11629908830003177992024-02-20T18:48:31.775-08:00Ozark Fly-FishingOzark Fly-fishinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12610433156271009979noreply@blogger.comBlogger77125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1162990883000317799.post-34933710234477948092016-10-27T09:21:00.002-07:002016-10-27T09:21:33.428-07:00October: Fall fishing with family<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
My intention was to fish the Eleven Point River for a few days; I took off a few days a month ago. I even moved the kayak out of storage and gathered camping equipment. I went so far as setting up the tent in the yard and made a grocery list.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">On Saturday before my intended trip, my daughter asked me about the 11 Point trip and she expressed an interest to go fishing. After giving it some thought, decided to fish Monday at Roaring River State Park with Jenn (daughter) and Fiona (granddaughter). We left Springfield 8:30AM with a stop in Marionville for some apple cider at Murphy’s Orchard. The day was sunny, very light wind. We did see an eight point buck just outside of Battlefield, a few turkeys along the way. </span></div>
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We started out day of fishing by 10:30 AM in zone 1, near the hatchery. Jenn and I took turns fishing while the other watched Fiona. Fiona enjoyed the rocks and wanted to get in the water, which we were able to keep her dry throughout the day. By noon, we went to zone 2, below the camping area and ate soon lunch. I fished a little and had a difficult time getting the interest of the trout. Some of the fish gave chase with a fast moving soft hackle, but would turn away before taking the fly. We stayed until 2:30 PM and returned to Springfield.<o:p></o:p></div>
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It was good to get out with pleasant weather and a granddaughter (15 Months) getting acquainted with our Missouri State parks. Jenn enjoyed the day by sipping apple cider and spending some moments with a fly rod in hand.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Friday</b>: We left Springfield at 6 AM and flew to Chicago then on to Anchorage before landing on Kodiak near 5 PM ... It were a good trip; a smooth flight and I recommend Alaska Airline. We had a meal at Henry’s near the harbor and ran into Janelle on our way out.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="font-size: 11pt;">Sunday</b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">: Dave contacted us and we meet him at the airport. Dave’s newly purchased Cessna has wheels embedded under the pontoons. Alanna and Dick met us at the Hotel. We made it to the lodge by 10:30 AM; in waders and on the water before everyone else arrived and before lunch. The silvers were in the lake, probably older fish and limited numbers. I managed to keep a male and released two other fish. There were a few dolly hooked and a twenty inch jack salmon, all released. The day was dry with a few clouds; it was good to get back to familiar water near Saltery Lake. I saw a mama bear and a pair of cubs on the gravel at the outflow of Lake Creek.</span><br />
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<b style="font-size: 11pt;">Monday</b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">: We started in familiar waters near the lodge. I hooked four silver salmon in the upper hole keeping one. Later, moved back to the lake where there were a few other fellows from the lodge fishing. No one was hooking silvers with a few fish seen breaking water. We hung around until lunch time, stopped at noon for a bite. After lunch, shuttled to the mouth of Rough Creek; Rough Creek now meets Saltery behind the berm, forming a Tidal lake. Most of the silvers were caught in a short time. I walked up stream to look for silvers; I did not find any in the holes or fish moving on the shoals. The day was warm with sunny skies. The forecast for the next few days indicated winds blowing out of the south, then a significant change in the weather; rain and high wind gust on Tuesday.</span></div>
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<b style="font-size: 11pt;">Tuesday</b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">: We woke to rain that lasted throughout the day, into the evening and past midnight. There was an immature eagle hanging around me most of the day while fishing, sitting on a limb nearby or flying overhead. With the storm and predicted high winds, we stayed near the lodge. I had the lake to myself; the others from the lodge fished the upper and lower holes. I managed to turn five salmon in the lake but they did not want to chase a fly. It was near lunch time and the others returned to the lodge. I walked down stream looking for silvers in the holes; there were a few silvers lying river right at the lower hole. Farther downstream in the shallow depths, only to last of spawning sockeye salmon moving in the shallow shoals; it was too low to hold silvers. After a short wade farther downstream came to bed spring (a popular hole), a narrow, deep run holding twenty plus silvers. I was able to get two fish to shore and hiked back to the lower hole taking the ATV trail. I met Jim at the lower hole at the river's edge and Chris was in the water retrieving a lure for Jim. Chris was kind enough to take the salmon back to the lodge for me, and I was able to fish a bit longer before supper time.</span><br />
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<b style="font-size: 11pt;">Wednesday</b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">: The day was dry with partly cloudy skies; due to the recent rain not sure how the far downstream the group could fish. The lake came up 6-8 inches from yesterday’s rain. We stay near the lodge and I fished the lake until noon; I was able to catch two silvers, keeping one bright fish. I took the fish back to the lodge and had lunch the rest of the group; they had returned much earlier and they were nearly finished with lunch. The plan for the afternoon was to drive to the lower Saltery and Rough Creek. We caravan three vehicles to Rough Creek, there was twice the flow of water with some challenges crossing the creek and setting up to fish. There was no activity, or moving fish… after an hour it was decided to move to the lower Saltery River. I managed to take another silver Coho before the day of fishing came to close. I saw a beaver swimming out in front of me; it was the only time we can in eye contact for the week.</span><br />
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<b style="font-size: 11pt;">Thursday</b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">: We started at the lower Saltery River near the estuary. There were a few city fishermen already fishing and traveling the trails. Rod went below and he said there were no fish seen in the straight away. I fished above the crossing and caught a large dolly and saw one fish hanging under some bush. Matt and Elliot decided to retreat back to the lower and upper holes near the lodge, there were a few silvers caught with short time. I eventually moved to the lake and late afternoon with shadows from the nearby hill covering a small section of water. Finally, I was able to hook a few silvers, using a purple closer brought to hand eleven fish. Rod and I fished until 5 pm before calling it a day. I saw a fox on both sides of the lake; they appeared different with the markings and color. I watched the fox across from me jumping and pouncing several times, probably had a rodent cornered.</span></div>
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<b style="font-size: 11pt;">Friday</b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">: The last day to fish. It was a sunny day the lake level receded a more few inches. I decided to stay with the lake, hoping the rain from two days ago would provide a few fresh fish. I had the other side of the lake to myself with Rod fishing with me in the afternoon. We were able to foul hook a few salmon and release them. We could see the bears near Lake Creek. It was a sunny day with a light south wind. Late in the day with shadows covering the lake, a large group of silver Salmon started to move into the lake. I was able to see my fly in the water and moved it towards individual salmon; they wanted no part of it was would move to the side to avoid the fly. I have been in these situations in past years and would catch many salmon. For some reason, the salmon would not go for it. I managed to get my last salmon of the trip out of the upper hole and called it a day. Everyone else had returned to the lodge.</span></div>
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<b style="font-size: 11pt;">Saturday</b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">: This was our last day in Alaska with the all the guest flying out after breakfast. We left in groups of three. Dick, Rod and I had late flights on of Kodiak and it was decided we would go out last. So, we had time to check out the bears. Lake Creek had flowing water, with enough water for the sockeye salmon to move upstream (see video). The bears were busy running the creek, trapping fish under their paws and grabbing them with their teeth. All the bears including the cubs were working on their skill to catch fish. There were two sets of bears; one mama bear had four one year-old cubs. She had her paws full keeping everyone together, but all the bears were up on the river bank eating a fish. The other set of bears was a mama bear with two-year-old twins, occupied the mouth of Lake Creek most of the day, taking fish when the urge struck and eating throughout the day.</span></div>
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my house at 7 AM; from there he drove us to Bennett Spring State Park. It was
partly cloudy with the morning temperature in the mid-forties. We saw a few
deer in the fields feeding and turkeys strutting in fields before with heads high
and feathers out; it must be spring. I bought my 2016 fishing license at the
Bennett Spring Park store with advice to purchase on line in the future (See
their comments on Facebook). The MDC will be replacing the existing hardware
with computers so all licenses will be on line and printed on paper. </span></div>
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after 8 AM; Bob and I started our day below the stone bridge near #4 outlet
above the bend. I stayed with the soft hackles and managed to catch a few. My
intentions were to catch a limit of trout and give them to Mary Henry for her
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Birthday. I had four trout in a pack-pack cooler before 11 AM with the largest
measuring 15.5 inches. I walked up the Ben Havens office and made final plans
for him to visit the MTFA members at the Springfield Nature Center that
evening. He planned to discuss the hatchery operation, provided a power point
presentation showing flood photos from the event. </span></div>
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twenty-seven trout some were released brown trout. I did take Mary trout for
her birthday and she was thrilled. I plan to fish next Thursday with my
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><b>March 10, 2016 Thursday</b>: Desmond had the week off from
pre-school and I had him on Thursday to fish. It had rain a few days before
with 1.5 inches in the rain gauge. The ground was soaking up the rain with
little to no run off. The morning before we left was foggy with a light rain.
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">A pair of deer crossed the highway in front of us a mile
from the park, we stopped and let them pass. It was after noon we ate lunch and
decided where to fish. I helped Des into his waders, vest and tied up his
boots. We started just above the dam in zone 1 and on the first cast took a
small rainbow with a white jig. Des helped to bring it in and almost fell into
the water headfirst and managed to get his elbow wet with no water down the
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">We hiked a short distance downstream below outlet #4 and
took a few more trout. Des stayed with me in the water and we finally found a
wading stick for him. He was lifting his boots one foot at a time out of water
and almost fell in again; I was close enough to grab his sweatshirt to prevent
a full submersion. We took a few more trout using soft hackles and jigs. It was
almost 2 PM, Des let me know it was time to go, he had to go… actually he told
me “Grandpa I need to poop”. So, we retreated back to the car and made our way
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in the water, but I know don’t push the too hard… find joy in the day and make
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>March 21, 2016 Monday:</b> Bob Randall and I met in Forsyth a few minutes after noon, it was our intention to find and catch white bass. The previous weekend was cool with several mornings’ temperatures in the upper twenties. The cooler water temperatures usually sent the white bass back to the lake. Bob and I drove to Power Site dam with a 659.5 ft elevation, there was a significant generation coming from Table-Rock dam elevation 707 ft with the Taneycomo water spilling over the top of the dam. The water was clear with a mud edge along the western bank or river left ten feet off shore. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">From there, we drove to Shadow Rock Park; saw one fellow catching a white bass and before he dispatched it was on the phone calling a buddy. No doubt, that will bring in at least a dozen cars with fishing rods before night falls. We drove upstream on Swan Creek; I showed Bob several access points along the Swan looking for the lake/stream intersection and found in near the old mill foundation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The day was mild with abundant sunshine and a south/southeast wind blowing 10-15 mpr that seemed to go upstream. The red buds and wild plums were in blossom indicating spring, but I did not hear any croakers at sun set. Our next stop was Beaver Creek looking at the Whistle Bridge below Fisherman’s nose and we saw a few bait fish hitting the surface, from there we drove upstream past fishermen’s nose and looked at the Bluff Hole. We did not see much surface activity, but the sun was bright on the water. We decided to spend the evening fishing Beaver Creek and started at Kissee Mill access and fished going down stream. The water was clear and I did not see any moving fish in the waters below the bridge. It was almost 4 PM and we decided to enter the water near the whistle bridge with our kayaks and fish upstream.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Near the bluff hole shadows were on the water, and I finally hooked a few blue-gills, some of them eight inches in length. So for the next hour, using a Clouser minnow pattern took a dozen keepers, threw back that many short blue-gills and eight Kentucky largemouth bass. A few more vehicles and fishermen came to fish the shore before dark, but I did not see anyone catching fish. A boat passing near us reported no fish.</span><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: justify;"><tbody>
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<span style="text-align: left;">I was after 8 PM, the moon was at 96% with a full moon on the 23</span><sup style="text-align: left;">rd</sup><span style="text-align: left;">. The planet Jupiter was in close proximity to the moon. There was plenty of light to see while fishing from the kayak. Bob and I moved back down stream and finished the night near the whistle Bridge. At the bridge we heard a fellow excited having caught his first walleye. In a short time Bob hooked and landed his first white bass of the season, a 13.5 inch male. We fished until 9 PM before calling it a night, counted fish, loaded the kayak and returned to our homes. </span></div>
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<b style="font-size: 11pt;">February 7, 2016 Sunday</b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">: Bill Taylor, Bob Randall and I rode with Rod Pennington from Springfield to Bennett Spring State Park. It has been tradition the past several years to fish on Super Bowl Sunday, hoping the football fans stay home in front of their television set instead of fishing. But on this seasonably warm day, there were many fishermen in the park. Another factor for a larger than normal crowds would be the number of trout one could catch in a day.</span><br />
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It was a cloudy days to occasional broken clouds allowing the sun to break through. There was a western wind that was not much of a faction in zone 3. Bob started in zone 2, Rod, Bill and I started below the whistle bridge and Bill and I fished from there going down stream for the afternoon. Rod fished above the Suzy hole for several hours before hiking to the bend below the stone bridge. We totaled 100 trout for the day. My numbers were down due to the entire fishing trip in zone 3. There were several areas with fish, with the fishing below the Suzy Hole much slower. I fished soft hackles and adult caddis on the surface. Which is fun watching the trout’s reaction to the skating caddis.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">We fished until the horn sounded at 4 PM and returned to Springfield. We saw a few turkey and numerous deer in the fields along I-44. This will be my last trip to Bennett Spring for the catch and release season, it ends Feb 9, 2016. I will check out Bull Shoals and the streams near Power site dam for walleye. The water continues to be high at 672.7 ft and falling with the top of power pool 659.0 ft. I am not sure what I will find, knowing there is plenty of water.</span><br />
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from left to right: Kim Schultz, Rod Pennington, Dr Bill Taylor and Bob Randall</div>
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Overall, it was an outstanding catch and release season with Bennett Spring SP provide exceptional fishing due to the flooding and many thousands of extra trout in the spring creek. I heard there will be a discussion with the hatchery managers as to a plan for the trout before opening day.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Recent damage from the flood waters last week</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>January 3, 2016
Monday:</b> The weekend after New Years, I invited my 5 year old grandson to fish
on the following Monday. Des has fished with me before and the weather was
unseasonably warm. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">His mother, Jenn over heard the conversation and she wanted
to go. So, we tried to figure out what to do for Fiona, Jenn’s second child and
my second grandchild. Jenn thought it would be a great idea to take Fiona
along; bundle her up and let her experience a day at Roaring River State Park. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The day was forecast to be cooler than we thought, with the high to be
near forty degrees. Jenn and I decided to give it a try and made the decision if it was too cold, we would make a short day of it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">We arrived before noon and parked near the hatchery.
The water was high with some chalkiness to the water clarity. Jenn had Fiona
bundled up and place her in a child carrier on the front, so Fiona would not
miss anything. Des had his waders on and was busy collecting rocks and getting
his boots wet. He did fish with me for a period of time and demonstrated his
roll cast. We managed to hook a few and he was more than happy to bring them to
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">We took a hike through the hatchery. Fiona had a good time watching the
trout with Des throwing fish food to them. The cave was flooded due to recent
rains with the walk to the cave under eight inches of water. We released four
trout everyone getting into the action. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">We packed to leave at 3 PM, the sun was
reaching for the western horizon and it was cooling off. Before we left the park, we
drove down to zone three below the camping area. There were a number of down
trees and many of them in the camping area. There was a crew on hand with a
dump truck starting the cleanup operation. The handicap access ramp was spared
but the trees just below were taken out by the last high water. I am sure they
will shore up the banks and have the park back in shape in short order.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">It was good to get out with Fiona and her first
fishing trip. Des had a good time and it was fun watching him explore and develop
his skills. Jenn enjoyed the day, just to get out. Fun for all</span><o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Roaring River State Park</span></b></span></div>
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<b>January 9, 2016 Saturday:</b> Bob Randall, the new MTFA Springfield chapter president; one of his suggestions; to have a monthly outing with members. The first
outing was to meet at Roaring River State Park for a day of winter catch and
release fishing. The winter had been mild up to this weekend. On this day, the
temperatures dropped to freezing, snow fell and I did find ice in my guides at
the end of the day.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I met Fred Brown, a new member at 7 AM in the Springfield
Nature Center parking lot. Fred drove and we met Bob Randall and John Bush in
Monett. Another member, Cody Lowery was to drive from Branson and he was to
meet us at the park. For most of the drive to Roaring River, snow fell as we
trek along Hwy 60. There was a forecast of snow with some areas getting up to
five inches. It was after 8:30 AM, when we arrived. We started near the
hatchery fishing near and below the low water bridge. The trout were active
with cruising trout near the surface; I tried soft hackle, dry flies and small
jig patterns. The fishing was challenging, trying different presentations, dead
drift, quick strips. My ability to hook fish came in the afternoon farther down
stream from the hatchery with the elk hair caddis taking trout off the surface.
There were periods of heavy snowfall, and one must wonder when it’s time to
quit for the day. But the snow flurry was brief and I continued down stream.
There were several large trout in the waters in zone 2, in the flowing waters
from dry Hollow Creek.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This area has
changed with more gravel and large stones placed at the in flow to Roaring
River. The trout were lined up in the fast moving water. I did not hook up with
a large trout, but I am rethinking what would work. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Fred Brown fishing below the bridge at Roaring River State Park</span></td></tr>
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It was after 3 PM, the others had packed it in calling it a
day. They were bitten by the cold and had enough. Bob walked over to me, and I
reeled in line for the day. We took a few photos and called it a day.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">From left to right: Kim Schultz, John Bush, Bob Randall and Fred Brown. <br />Not pictured Cody Lowery</span></td></tr>
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The snow did not continue with along Hwy 60 with the roads back to Springfield clear and dry. Thanks to Fred for driving and hope we have
another opportunity to fish together.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Bennett Spring State Park</span></b></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Photo by Bob Randall: Bennett Spring State Park</span></td></tr>
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<b>January 15, 2016 Friday:</b> There were rumors, that many of the trout from the Bennett
Spring Hatchery washed into the spring creek two weeks ago; as a result of the
epic rains (8-10 inches) and flooding that occurred at the state park. There
were several MTFA members calling Bob Randall reporting last weekend, fishermen
were reporting 100+ trout caught for a day of fishing.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Washed debris below the stone bridge</span></td></tr>
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Bob and I meet at Harry Morgan home at 7 AM and we rode
together to Bennett Spring State Park. We started fishing after 8 AM below and
near the hatchery outlet in zone 2. We fished below three other fellows
standing in the outlet flow. The three of us started catching fish from the
moment we put a fly in the water. Harry and Bob started with a jig; I used a
#18 brown and black soft hackle. We all caught fishing in rapid succession. I
did not bother counting caught trout, too many to bother. After an hour and a
half and with the sun on the water, I moved up stream. I put on a caddis dry
fly and caught a few more trout. I fished my way up to a couple of anglers near
the loop access and took to the path to the hatchery.<br />
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It was 11 AM, I decided to find and talk with Ben Haven, the
new Bennett Spring Hatchery manager. I found Ben in his office, he told me
about the flood, the on going clean up operation and the current condition of
the trout. Ben is knowable and has agreed to speak with MTFA members at the
March meeting. The floodwaters were about two feet below the all time high with
a watermark on pavilion B near the roofline. The waters from above the dam and Niangua
River filled the spring creek and submerge the hatchery raceways; some of trout
were able to escape to the river. Ben said he had a count of the trout before
the flood and they are now sorting and recount the number of fish in the hatchery
waters. So, he will have an idea to the number of trout in the spring creek.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">One of many brown caught photo by Harry Morgan</span></td></tr>
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We talked for forty-five minutes, and I went back to
fishing. I crossed the stone bridge and went above the dam into zone 1, to see if any
hatches were occurring; I saw nothing and figured with the water 10 feet level
reach during the flooding, many of the aquatics insects have been washed out
for this year. The water was turbid, a white chalky appearance and it remains a
few inches high. I made a quick assessment and decided to go below the dam and
fish the opposite bank from the hatchery. There were a few fellows dispersed
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Bob Randall fishing zone 2 below the hatchery outlet</span></td></tr>
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I met up with Bob at the stone bridge and I told him about
the conditions above the dam. It was 1 PM, we let Harry know where we
would be and walked to the waters below the stone bridge. Bob fished rest of
the day near the outlet water near the hatchery. I started there and fished my
way down stream, eventually crossing the stream and finding fishing to be outstanding. Fishing on nearly every cast, 30% brown trout and 70% rainbow
trout. I did finished the day with dry flies, using caddis and #20 BWO. A bald eagle made a pass overhead at 3 PM. We fished until 4 PM, calling it a day.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">We had an excellent day of fishing, hope to see you at Bennett Spring S.P. </span></td></tr>
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We estimated between the three us, hundreds of trout were caught
and released. It was an A+ day of catching, I personally have never seen an
entire day of frenzy catching with one after another fish being hooked and
released with numbers exceeding a hundred. If you have not been to Bennett
Spring State Park lately, you better set a date and get there while the
catching will be beyond your wildest imagination.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>Bennett Spring State Park</b></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ice formations along the creek bank at Bennett Spring State Park- Photo by Bob Randall</span></td></tr>
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<b style="font-family: times, 'times new roman', serif;">January 18, 2016 Monday</b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">: Bob Randall was
driving from Billings and stopped by my house to pick me up at 9 AM. We
were off to Bennett Spring State Park for the day trout fishing. The morning
temperature was in the single digits with an 8 degrees reading and a bright
blue sky, there was an arctic high over the Ozarks. The drive to Bennett Spring
going down I-44 provided many deer sightings with many of them standing and
feeding in the middle of the fields; it could be due to the cold weather or a
winter storm on the way. We saw deer in the fields on the return trip to
Springfield and counted 80+ deer in groups from two to a dozen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">There were a few
fishermen fishing this day in Bennett Spring SP, maybe 15-20 anglers in the
water. There was a fog over the water swirling by the winds and it persisted
most of the day. The wind was light and variable; it was predicted to be out of
the north. Bob and I dressed in several layers and speaking for myself; I was
comfortable most of the day. I did carry knitted wool fingerless mittens, but
only wore them went walking the trails. If my hands got cold while fishing and
standing in the water, I’d warm them by dipping them the waters of the spring
creek.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Zone 2</span> </td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">We parked the truck
and started fishing in zone 2. Bob fished below the outlet waters and I fished
above the outlet. I found the trout to be less active then on Friday, I tried moved
from one spot to another and it was 1230 PM and had caught/released twenty
trout. I walked to Ben Haven’s office to check with him, but he was scheduled
off and not in the office. I crossed the stone bridge and walked up above the dam to look at zone 1.
I saw no surface activity and only a few trout in the water.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The dam with the photo taken from the stone bridge</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I walked back to zone
2 across from the first hatchery outlet o</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">n the opposite bank and fished down
stream. I used an adult caddis dry fly and skated it from the bank to deeper water searching for trout. It was a blast watching the trout give chase and some of
them took the fly, for the next hour took twenty more trout. It was 2 PM, near
a dry creek outlet and I switched to soft hackle wet flies. I took 72 trout the
next two hours, with a majority of them being brown trout. I threw the fly down
stream and varied the strip or movement of the fly. I finished the day with 112
trout.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Walking back to parked
truck near the outlet water on zone 2, spotted an eagle perched in the sycamore
tree over the hatchery and was able get a few photos. As we left the park, a
pair of eagles sat together on the same branch of the tree. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I did not get a photo of the pair, this was taken 10 minutes before</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">We spotted a pair of deer on the
top of the hill as we left the park and saw many deer in the fields returning
to Springfield. There was ice in my guides the entire day and de-iced the
rod by dipping the it in the spring water. Again, an outstanding day to fish,
few fishermen in sight, plenty of trout to grab a fly and watching nature up close.
It does not get much better than this, winter fishing at its best.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here is Bob loading up and leaving after a day at Bennett Spring SP</span></td></tr>
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<b>January 23, 2016
Saturday</b>: I spoke with Rod about the current fishing conditions at Bennett
Spring State Park and he wanted to go. So, we met at his office in Springfield,
Saturday morning and computed to the state park. Springfield was under a heavy
cloud cover with snow on the ground from the last storm. I was looking forward
to fishing with my white coat to blend in with the background, but as we drove
out of Springfield the snow disappeared with traces of snow on the ground in
wooded area without sun. I left the coat in the car and wore my green hood for outerwear
while fishing this day. <o:p></o:p></div>
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We drove through the park at 11 AM. There were 20-30
fishermen in the stream. We looked at zone 1 from the dam to the spring. Rod
agreed the stream was washed out with no visible weeds on the surface or signs
of trout on breaking the surface water. There were half dozen fishermen below
the stone bridge and a number of fishermen in and below the outlet waters in
zone 2 to the whistle bridge. There were orange cone barriers across the
whistle bridge, closing the bridge to vehicular traffic. So we parked near the
bridge and started our day below the whistle bridge in zone 3.</div>
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We fished zone 3 for 1.5 hours and each released about
twenty trout each. I suggested to Rod to finish the day at outlet #4 in zone 2
for the rest of the day. There was no one in the area when we started and
became more populated late in the afternoon. Rod fished at the outlet and I
ventured farther down stream to fish for the brown trout. I caught trout in
rapid succession until the horn blew at 4 PM. Rod and both caught near 100
trout this day, actually my count was 95 with the last thirty minutes taking
them with a small clouser pattern with a few fibers left on the hook.<o:p></o:p></div>
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On our trip back to Springfield, we saw 50+ deer feeding in
the open fields. I will begin a long stretch at work and it will be at least
two weeks to get back to fishing. Remember the last weekend to fish the catch
and release season is February 8, 2016.</div>
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Ozark Fly-fishinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12610433156271009979noreply@blogger.com0Roaring River State Park, 12716 Farm Road 2239, Cassville, MO 65625, USA36.5861724 -93.8197381-17.446896599999995 -176.4369256 90 -11.202550599999995tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1162990883000317799.post-55112032502408509832015-12-10T22:17:00.000-08:002016-01-08T22:18:34.239-08:00December: Steelhead fishing in Michigan<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Pere Marquette River near the Maple Leaf access</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">My brother has had
tremendous success fishing for steelhead trout for several years in December.
In the past, we have spent time on the surf at river outlets for migrating
steelhead in the month of November. My brother, Kirk and his sons spend time traveling
several hours north to fish the Pere Marquette River near Branch in an area
called the maple leaf. I have visited these waters many times over thirty-five
years, usually in the spring. I made plans to fish for steelhead the first full
week of December. Before I left, Kirk called me to discuss the recent rains and
the high river levels. So we changed our plans and decided to fish later in the
week waiting for the river water to recede. I stayed with my parents for a few
days to update their computer and left Thursday to fish with my brother and
sons.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Thursday December 10,
2015: I followed Kirk and his youngest son, Turner from Battle Creek to Reed
City near Baldwin. Kirk’s second son, Trent drove from Detroit and met us in
Reed City. From there we, caravan to Emerson Lake near Walhalla to park a few
vehicles and there piled into Kirk’s truck to drive to the Maple leaf
access. It was a cloudy day with mild temperatures, the wind did pick up
in the afternoon. The river was in good shape. I was using a center-pin reel
with an 11-ft rod for the first time on the river. I did practice in the yard
before the trip to figure out how to cast a reel with no drag. It is suppose to
work like a bait-casting reel, but the mechanics to loading the rod slightly different.
The advantage is a long drag free drift with the line coming off the reel
without drag. The reel actually moves backward as the bobber and flies/bait
move down stream in the seam of the stream. I watched several videos teaching
myself to fish and cast this new set-up. Needless to say, there was short
learning curve to get the drift in the holes and hook up with a steelhead
trout. The fishing was not great, we all hooked up with steelhead. I lost one
mid- day and then landed a five pounder late afternoon. Trend released a
steelhead and broke off two others. Kirk and Turner stayed up stream and they
hooked a few but none came to hand. We called it a day near dark, 5 PM and
returned to Emerson Lake to get a bite to eat. Trent had to get on the road for
his drive back to Detroit and left before we ate. After dinner, Kirk and Turner
returned to Battle Creek and I stayed across the way and spent the night at the
Alpine Lodge for the night.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Friday December 11,
2015: I woke late in the morning, drove to Walhalla to find a restaurant. It
was a seasonally warm day, overcast with a light wind. After breakfast, I drove
to the river access, paid the daily $5.00 fee and parked the truck for the day
at the Maple Leaf access. I decided to hike up to Ackerson’s Cabin and fish
above this area. I walked past the old beaver dam, fished this area going up
stream. In short time hooked a seven-pound female steelhead and brought her to
hand. I decide to take one fish back to Missouri to smoke and swiftly dispatch
the fish. I continued up stream for most of the morning and by afternoon
crossed the river to fish holes on the retreat working my way down stream. I
caught a few small trout rainbows and a few brown trout. I fished until dark,
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to a river I know from years past, the paths are more worn, a few additional
trees have fallen into the stream, changing the course of the current. But, the
places I know to cross the river and the holes we named a kids remain the same.
It felt good to be back on the Pere Marquette River.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Overview of the Alaska trip Sept 18-24, 2015: It was the driest trip to Kodiak Island Rod and I had made. Dave </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "'times new roman'" , serif;">Magoffin</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> said there had not been a significant rain for six weeks. There was a little rain shower on Sunday but for the rest of the week we saw mostly sunny skies. The rivers were very low; most of the silvers salmon are dispersed through the first mile or so in Saltery River up from the estuary. We spent most of our time in the lower Saltery and Rough Creek fishing the brackish waters of the estuary and the salt of Ugak bay. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The silver salmon were much smaller the year, probably in the eight to ten pound range with the fresh sea run fish more lively and bright with sea lice attached. We spent seven days at Saltery Lake lodge and we managed to bring to hand 118 silver salmon. Prior to the stay at the lodge, Rod and I flew in on Friday and stayed two days on Kodiak Island in Kodiak city. The trip was without incident and went smoothly. We flew into Alaska earlier in the day than past years and had an opportunity to see the snow capped mountains surrounding Anchorage. We touchdown In Kodiak before supper time and had an opportunity to stroll the marina and dine at Henry's Great Alaskan Restaurant.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">There were five paying customers on board with the other three fellows from Switzerland. Two of them spoke excellent English, with Claude speaking five different languages. The other Swiss was Eddie, he's an architect having traveled the world and this was his first trip to Alaska. We found out there are four official languages spoken in Switzerland; French, German, Italian and Latin. When they found out we were from Missouri; they asked about Ferguson and the races riots. St. Louis made world news and not in a good way. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Capt. Dave found rock fish and made several passes over the fish before we caught our limit of five apiece. A time later, he moved us to deeper water to find halibut; we caught only five small halibut. We returned to Kodiak harbor by 4 pm and dropped off the fish at Island Seafood Processing with instructions to pick up the box the following Saturday. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Rod and I return to the Best Western Hotel, rested and watched a football game for a short time. We decided to check out a sport's shop down the road known as Mack's and renamed Big Rays. When we walked past Kodiak Brewing Company, we spotted a Saltery Lodge vehicle and found Dave Magoffin with a pint in his hand. He showed photos of his Cessna airplane that flipped over after a windstorm a month ago. He plans to move the plane in parts to the beach and barge it to Anchorage and trailer the plane to Fairbanks for his mechanic to rebuild it. Rod and I returned to our room for the night. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Sept 20, 2015 Sunday: At breakfast, Rod and I sat next to a group discussing their upcoming fishing trip, after inquiring we found out these fellows would be at Saltery Lake Lodge and waiting for Dave to </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new" serif;">make</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> the trek. The group known as the scientist, they all study/studied endocrinology. Rich is a professor at Yale. John works at the NIH in North Carolina. Audrey is retired and living in Florida and Kelly a professor in Chicago. We were to meet Dave with over the road transportation to the lodge at 10 AM from the Best Western. Dick Compton was in the lobby, he flew in Anchorage that morning and just arrived. Dave was late 1.5 hours before picking us up. We made it to the lodge a few hours later. After lunch, we fished four hours in the lake near the lodge. We hooked and landed a few silver salmon, but the fish were very dark. The lake was probably eight inches lower than last year with the few salmon laying low in the deeper water. We did find numerous Dolly </span>Varden<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> in the lake. It was good to get back to </span>Saltery<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Lake and breathe in the fresh air of Alaska. R 3 k 3 </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Sept 21, 2015 Monday: We started at the lower Saltery River in brackish water in the estuary. Everyone caught fish with the pinks, chums populating the area with the silvers mixed in from the salt to the crossing. No bears or buffalo seen. Upstream from everyone else near the crossing, I saw several spots were the Bears caught and ate salmon with the remains on the bank. We stayed the entire day at the estuary with Chris and Dave providing lunch at the fishing site; allowing everyone to stay out the entire day. The day stayed cloudy with rain in the morning. </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">R 17 k 12</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Sept 22, 2015 Tuesday: We started at the lower Saltery near the estuary. It was near high tide with a few silvers caught. We moved to Rough Creek near Ugak bay around 10 AM. Several of us started to move up stream and found the creek populated with silvers, chum and pinks. We were targeting the silver salmon. John and I were the first fishermen up the stream and saw a bear fishing. We retreated and fished our way back. At 2 PM, Kelly met us and John decided to return to the vehicles for some water. Kelly and I went back up steam. Soon, Chris our guide and Tony caught up with us and they move above us sighting another bear. There were several spots with 50+ silvers holding up and one could take a few before alerting the other fish. Chris and Tony saw another bear in a hole with Kelly and I seeing a pair of bears up farther. Rod met us later in the day. We finished fishing at 5 PM and returned to the lodge. We saw buffalo on the gravel near Saltery River and five wild horses near the spot we started to fish that morning. </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">R 13 K 11</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">September 23, 2015 Wednesday: We started at the lower Saltery with the high tide at 1030 AM. A fresh run of silvers had moved in with the eight of us getting our limit within two hours. A group of ATVs drove and we packed up and moved to the Rough Creek. In a short time, Bill and Doyle brought a church group by ATVs to fish Rough Creek. They took the ATV’s up stream and out of sight of us at the beach. Dick and I fished the mouth of Rough Creek in the salt. Dick took two silvers out of the salt. We both caught and released several sculpins. The day started in the thirties with frost on the grass and ice covering the mud puddles, but the day warmed to the lower sixties. The number of silvers caught on Rough Creek was down with the fish refusing the flies but are in large numbers in a dozen holes. We finished the day driving back and checking out the holes in Saltery River near the lodge. There were silvers holding in holes with four feet of water but the fish were very lethargic and appear to be gasping for oxygen. Even if one could hook up, the silver did not have enough energy to put up much of a fight. There was a need for some rain to fill and flush the river with fresh water. We saw four bears, a doe and fawn with the buffalo standing on the trails a short distance from the lodge. R 6 K 5</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">September 24, 2015 Thursday: There was a frost covering the ground with the outdoor thermometer reading 30 degrees. We started at the lower Saltery River with everyone having success. We stayed until 10 AM and moved to Rough Creek. Rod, Dick, Rich and I stayed at the mouth of Rough Creek. Dick and Rod pulled in a few sculpins with Rick, Rod and I catching silver salmon. We fished until 12:30 PM and then grouped together to have lunch on the river. Chris made the extra effort by serving up Rubin sandwiches and soup on the river bank. He did an excellent job cooking for us this week. After lunch we went back to the same spots, I heard later in the day fishing was very good with most of the guest catching silver salmon in the salt. Our guide, Mike took Rich, Aubrey, and me to the mouth of the Saltery River traveling along the berm. We saw a few wakes but did not find fish. After an hour, Mike took Rich and Aubrey back to Rough Creek. I stayed by myself and continued to move up the estuary and came to Hearst Creek. With high tide at 11:30, the water level in the afternoon dropped off. The silvers were moving the skinny water, so it was easy to spot the fish. The seals left the area due to low water levels but the silvers were concentrating the area with holes and Hearst Creek provide them with a holding area. The silvers were taken in rapid succession, with seven taken in two hours of fishing. The buffalo were off in the distance but at 5 PM started to move my direction. I was able to get good video of them. Chris picked me up at 5:30 PM and we called it a day. R 8 k 15 </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">September 25, 2015 Friday: The last day to fish. Still no rain the rivers are very low with many spent pink salmon, chum and sockeye. We started the day in the lower Saltery River and fished for a few hours. The catching was down a little and the silvers caught were beginning to turn. I return a couple of the early fish I caught back to the river. We moved to Rough Creek, Rod, Dick, Rich and I fished the mouth of Rough Creek in the salt. We all caught silvers before lunch. We had several close encounters with Harbor seals without incident. Our guide Chris threw rocks at them to keep them at a distance. John had walked the beach looking for moving salmon, when he returned he fished the out flowing waters and hooked a large sculpin.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The day was mostly cloudy with signs of rain for the next day. We all regrouped for lunch and decided to stay put for the rest of the day. High tide was at 1230 PM and it past after we finished our meal. Later in the day, a group went back to Saltery River to finish on the lower section. I walked up stream to find a spot to fish for my last cast last fish. Upstream a few miles on Rough Creek, two years ago, I spread a few ashes from Sean and wanted some time to reflect on the time we spent here together.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Our guides for the week left to right: Chris and Mike</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: times, 'times new roman', serif;">That evening we did not return to the lodge for dinner. Chris and the girls set up a campfire and provide us with Alaskan surf-n-turf. He demonstrated his cooking skills and we were all impressed with the results.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: times, 'times new roman', serif;">Note from Dave </span></span><span style="font-family: '"times"', '"\'times new roman\'"', serif;">Magoffin</span><span style="font-family: times, 'times new roman', serif;">: 2015 turned out to be another amazing season for Sockeye with unprecedented numbers once again. Over 40,500 Sockeye made the run through the weir and many new fishing holes were born due to some high water conditions during the 14/15 winter. It was awesome to try out new locations while always being able to fall back on the old standbys. We also witnessed another increase in the amount of Rainbow Trout waiting under logs and brush for that perfectly presented fly. The weir consistently reports big numbers in June, and the earlier the better for weather, so the Sockeye season will start on the 26th of June this year. </span><span style="font-family: times, 'times new roman', serif;">-Dave </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The entire 2015 season was very dry and warm which we don’t complain about, but it delayed the Silver Salmon run a bit. This larger species do not like low water conditions so making the commitment to enter the Saltery drainage was not in their best interest. Luckily we found that the Silvers do not give up and the entire run was waiting within casting distance of the Saltery Cove beach. We had a great time catching the freshest, brightest silvers we have ever seen directly from the ocean, on fly rods! The delay didn’t last forever luckily and we were inundated with fish at the very end of the season. After many years of wishing we had guests in October to catch the 20 pounders, I am extending the season this year for the simple fact that the BIG Silvers always wait until then to make their move.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Two new activities that we have always enjoyed but not offered commercially will be introduced. For one, If anyone is interested in a more photography oriented vacation we will have pro outdoor photographer Jon Gurry guiding in August. That time frame also offers the best sport fishing for Chum Salmon. I am here to tell you that If you have never caught a 25lb Chum on the fly, you are missing out! Also, for the fans of the “cast and blast,” Sitka Blacktail Deer, Bison hunting, along with Silver fishing will be added through the 2nd week of October this year!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">As many of you know Saltery as a business took a substantial hit on August 28th when a hurricane force windstorm had its way with our beloved Cessna 185 float plane. N2772J was purchased new from the Cessna factory in Wichita, Kansas in 1969 by my Grandfather, and remained in the family her entire life. Although the aircraft was not a total loss, she will not fly again for many years, unfortunately. But... The show must go on! I have decided to use the loss not as a setback, but as an opportunity. I have just taken possession of a 1978 Cessna 206 amphibious float plane. This beauty is quite a bit larger and can hold 2 additional passengers. She will allow us to land on paved runways, and operate off the main airport in Kodiak so much less ground transportation will be necessary. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Here’s to another great season of fishing at Saltery Lake Lodge. I do hope you will all join us to make 2016 the best year yet! </span><br />
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Ozark Fly-fishinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12610433156271009979noreply@blogger.com0Kodiak, AK, USA57.790000000000013 -152.4072221999999857.722295000000017 -152.56858369999998 57.85770500000001 -152.24586069999998tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1162990883000317799.post-74883675252448571902015-06-12T08:51:00.002-07:002015-06-12T08:51:49.221-07:00June: Small streams and more<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Last weekend there was
a significant rainfall with many streams in SW Missouri rising 10-15 feet. With
NW Arkansas getting pounded with storm after storm, the dam at Beaver Lake had
to open the floodgates, releasing water over the top and passing the water
through Table Rock Lake, Taneycomo and pooling water in Bull Shoals Lake. Bull
Shoals Lake is now at 677.5 feet, I started fishing it in February at 653.4
feet. You do the math, that’s 24 feet of extra water in Bull Shoals. The Little
Sac River did come up ten feet and I was wondering if there are any fish left in
Stockton Lake to make a run up stream. By most accounts, the white bass run and
spawn is done by Mother’s day. But this has been a usually late spring, and if
one wonders, load up the kayak and take a day to fish it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">June 9, 2015 (Tuesday):I called Keith Coffey,
a long time member of the MTFA and asked about his last trip to the little Sac
River. He and John Dozier had a good day fishing a few days before the rains.
Keith and I spent the entire day covering water from Taylor Bridge to
Mackey/Lumpe hole. Stockton Lake came up 21 inches according to the USGA web
data. So the lake is past the second power line hole and S-curve. There was
little shade and the sun was sending down ninety-degree heat. It left a sunburn
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">We managed five white
bass, two channel catfish and Keith picked up a sixteen-inch large mouth bass.
I saw Eagle fly off, with deer chased from the water’s edge. There were rabbits
scurrying about near the bridge, with turkeys in the fields, and a woodchuck
along the road on our drive back to Springfield. The fishing was great, with
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>May 21, 2015 (Thursday): </b>Desmond and I had an opportunity to fish Bennett Spring State Park. This was his fifth fishing trip together and our second time to Bennett Spring. Des has fished Roaring River several times and went with me to the Little Sac River for a white bass outing a few weeks ago. Des is four years old and has more fun collecting rocks and stomping in the water than holding a pole. Which is good, Des is learning to enjoy the outdoors. <span style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>May 29, 2015 (Friday):</b> Warren Wilkerson, Joe Davis and I helped with Discover Nature Women at Windermere Resort on the Lake of the Ozarks on May 29 – 31, 2015. We provided instruction for the construction of a wooly bugger, a DVD presentation (Bugs of the Underwater) and hours of hands on fly tying. There were four classes lasting four hours each with 12-15 participates in each class. Our club has been involved with this event for past eight years. They keep asking us back and we enjoy teaching and helping with the Discover Nature Women program.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Friday morning I walked the water’s edge and caught a dozen small blue-gills and a line bass using a short roll cast and dragging the fly to shore. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">It started to rain at 5 PM; we made the decision to pass up fishing and went to the dining area for our evening meal. The rain continued for an hour after supper. We watched the radar and saw a small window to fish. We put on our rain gear and we walked to the marina to wade/walk the lake’s edge fly-fishing until dark. I was using a medium size Clouser minnow and small purple jig throwing deep sinking line with a slow strip and caught a 20-inch channel catfish, five white bass and a line bass. Kevin caught thirteen blue-gills and kept them for the fishing class. We finished the night of fishing at 9 PM and used a flashlight to locate a loud tree frog half way up a tree.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">April 5, 2015 Sunday: I did have a long weekend but with a 2.5 inch rain days before, the water was running high in most streams and Taneycomo continues to run four generators with the lake up ten feet. Bull Shoals is now at 666.5 feet and the water’s edge is almost over the new road to the Power house at Power site dam. Even with the water coming over the dam, the water currents are not as swift. The kayak easy moves about. I figured the three trees are thirteen feet to the bottom. I move up and down the east side; still no bait fish. There were a few splashes heard, possibly trout. I did see Jim Stauffer ease a boat in on the west side near the walleye hole. He fish near the dam, probably targeting strippers. I did talk with two fellows from Ava, they were looking for strippers and used six to eight inch soft plastic floppers. They reported the water temperature to be 43 degrees and reported the day before some white caught out of Swan Creek. I finished fishing at 9 PM with one trout released.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">April 9, 2015 Thursday: The storms went north of Springfield overnight, with very little rain in the area. I checked the USGA report for the Little Sac River and the gauge was at 3.5 feet with a discharge of 290 cfs. I called Ralph to let him know I planned to fish and may not be back to Springfield for the MSU class. I drove to Morrisville and unloaded the kayak at Taylor Bridge. I paddled up stream and fished just below the power lines. I found white bass in the seams using a purple and orange Clouser minnow. I had fourteen fish in the cooler in short time and went a little farther upstream to fish that water. There I found a few more white bass and made several passes through that stretch of water. It was after 2 PM and I figured one more fish and head back to Springfield to clean fish with plenty of time to attend the MSU class. I was back in Springfield before 4 PM and had a limit of white bass cleaned and ready for a club fish fry.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">April 10, 2015 Friday: I returned to the Little Sac early in the morning, awake at 6 AM and at the bridge before 8 AM. There were few locals fishing near and around the bridge. I paddled upstream to the same waters as the day before and found fish along the banks in eddy water. I had a limit before 9:30 AM and returned to Springfield to clean fish. There were eight fly fishing fellows that came in behind me, walking in from the road. The white bass are starting to spawn, thus the start of the spawn and hope it will last a few weeks.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">April 16, 2015 Thursday: I drove to Michigan earlier in the week to help my parents with their computer, set up a new printer and checking on their welfare. My brother and I made plans to fish the Pere Marquette River. He had fished it several times this year with moderate success taking several steelhead trout. My last trip to this wild and scenic river was late last November, taking a few brown trout and small trout. I missed out hooking into a steelhead.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">I woke at 3:10 AM and was at my brother’s house at 4 AM. From there we drove three hours to Walhalla, met the river at the Maple Leaf access. We walked the path to the river by 7:30 AM and saw a couple of fishermen already fishing. The river was up a foot with stained water to eighteen inches. Many of the places to cross the river would not be accessible. We made our way upstream to the boundary water to start our day. It rained most of the morning with the air temperature in the high forties. I made several passes through this stretch of water without any takes before moving down stream. There was some activity with heads and tails seen along river left, it’s a place where I taken fish in the past. Again, no takes in familiar water. Moving on downstream, I fished a stretch where I took several small trout and an eighteen inch brown last fall. My phone went off at 11:30 AM and took a call from my brother. He reported, one 12 lb steelhead landed and five lost. He caught a dozen browns in slack water and a few small trout. I decided to move to the area, we call the hangman. I could not find a spot down river to cross, so I retreat were I crossed earlier this day. As I stepped out of the water, Kirk met me on the path. He said the hangman had plenty of fish. So, I walked downstream for 20 minutes to finish my day near the waters familiar to me for many years. There were eight steelhead trout seen when I approached the waters, and several smaller trout scurrying about. Within the first 15 minutes I caught two small steelies, one was twenty inches and the other 22 inches, both were returned quickly to the water. I finally, hooked a larger fish and it took me down stream, after a five minute tussle it shook off and it was free. Finally after some coaxing, I hooked into a larger fish which took me down stream and had an opportunity to get a photo before releasing it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">It was estimated to be twenty-six inches and probably weighed six pounds. I had a few more quick hits, which the hook point missed its mark but all was good. Kirk met me at the hangman at 3:30 PM; he released a few more browns. We stayed until 4:30 PM and returned to Grand Rapids were we met our sister for dinner. It was good to hook up and see a few steelhead trout. Hope to return in the fall.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">April 20, 2015 Monday: I returned to Springfield from Michigan Saturday night. Sunday I spent the day mowing the lawn and duties around the house. Monday, I took the day off to go fish. I returned to the Little Sac River before 10 AM. There were a few cars in the parking lot and a few fishermen fishing from the banks. The river was up a little with Stockton Lake on the rise. The stream gauge indicated 3.2 feet with the lake at 869.2 feet. It was sunny and I had to slip on some sunglasses. I met three boats going up stream; all were throwing hardware with a spinning outfit. I found a place where no one was around and started to pick up small males and quickly released five white bass. Working the streamer downstream, found some eddy water and found larger fish with half of them being female. Over the next two hours, kept a limit of white bass and returning another limit. It was afternoon and I took to the woods to find a dozen morel mushrooms; which is all a delight to find these taste treats. I left the water at 3 PM and returned to Springfield to clean fifteen white bass. I hope to return to fish on Thursday.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">April 23, 2015 (Thursday): There are days when one fishes;
that it is about the adventure, not the number of fish caught. I picked up Rod
at his office at 9 AM. We were off to the Little Sac River. Charlie and Connie
Erickson were to meet us at the bridge. When Rod and I pulled up to the bridge
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">We stopped and talked with him
briefly and he mentioned Bill Blondeau was with him fishing below the bridge.
Connie and Charlie were setting up their canoe getting ready to launch, then
Connie asked” where are the fly rods”. To every one’s dismay, Charlie said he
left them in Springfield, but he did bring the golf clubs. We scrambled to find
extra rods, and Dan and Bill came through with their spare rods. Rod, Charlie and
Connie took off for power line hole. I waited for Bill; he wanted to fish up
stream. So, I gave him lift. Dan declined to go, as he was about to leave for
the day. I took Bill in the canoe and we made it without incident, but he did
about fall into the water head first getting into the canoe. I was on the other
side and was able to keep him in the canoe. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Rod and I had a short window
to fish as he had a client to meet in Springfield at 2 PM. So, we fished until
12:30 PM and left each catching a limit. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Rod kept ten and I kept eight for a
total of eighteen for the freezer. Bill returned with us, when we pulled up
below the bridge, I told Bill to hold on to the canoe as I slipped out from the
rear into that water to help him get out. Unfortunately, we lean to same way
and Bill almost went into the water headfirst. Rod helped to stabilize the
canoe and I caught Bill as he got his right shoulder wet. Bill was fine with
the adventure and hopefully had a good time. So, the time period to fish was
short but a fun day of fishing for all.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">April 24, 2015
(Friday): And on some days fishing and catching can be great… the threat of thunderstorms
must have kept most people at home. When I pulled in at Taylor Bridge at 5 PM
on the Little Sac River, there was one boat pulling out and no one else seen
for the rest of the day. I paddled up stream in my kayak to fish the same area
as past days. The lake (869.5 ft.) had come up another 3 inches with the stream
down a bit (2.95 ft.). I found some small white bass below the submerged tree
to the end of the point. I found four white bass of size below the point. It
was tough finding fish for the first hour or two as I covered most of the fished
water from days past to find the elusive white bass, but had some trouble
getting them to bit or maybe the fish moved with the rising lake. I was able to
take a few small white bass here and there and as the sun was settling the
western sky. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">First walleye of the year</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 16.866666793823242px;">I finally caught my first walleye of the year. It was under a foot
and was quickly released. The sun was on the horizon with the glorious colors
of visible light reflecting off of nature scenery. I enjoy evening fishing just
before dark. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 16.866666793823242px;">I was not happy with the number and size of fish and was deciding
where to finish this night of fishing. I decided to go up stream and found a
pod of large white bass below the power lines. I was able to take one fish
after another and in a short time had a stringer of fish 14-16 inches. </span></span></div>
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with this limit and releasing 25 smaller white bass that I caught forty white
bass; In addition to the white bass, a line bass was released, and snagged a six-inch
shad was returned to the water. I left the power line hole at 8 PM and returned
to Taylor Bridge, it was almost 9:30 PM when I was home and had some supper. It
was a good day of fishing and catching.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16.866666793823242px;">April 28, 2015 (Tuesday): Bob Randall and I met at Lowe’s
near the intersection of Hwy 13 and I-44. From there, we traveled in
different vehicles to Morrisville and on to Taylor Bridge to fish the Little
Sac River. We had our kayaks in the water by 9:30 AM and moving upstream to the
power line hole. There were a few white bass caught in the current of the
power line hole, but we moved up into the waters of the S-curve. There were two
other fishermen in separate boats moving up stream. Bob and I fished the
S-curve for a few hours finding a few fish. One of the fellows that went
upstream came back through, he said the waters near the old barn had many fish
and it did not take him long to limit out. Bob and I moved up and fished the
water near the old barn and did find more fish willing to take a fly. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16.866666793823242px;">April 30, 2015 (Thursday): I met Rod Pennington at Taylor
Bridge a few minutes after 10AM. Rod had planned to fish a half day and I made
plans to fish with Jenn and Des late afternoon. Rod and I each took a boat
upstream. Rod took my kayak and I went upstream with the 14-foot canoe with
oars. There were a number (eight) of fly fishermen at the power line hole and
above. Rod and I moved on past them and went up to the area near the old
barn. There we caught a few white bass, several measured at 16.5 inches.
We continued to fish upstream and went another quarter mile. We found fish in
the shadows along steep banks. I did hook and release a 14.5-inch walleye that
appeared to still have an egg belly. Rod and I fished until 3 PM and returned
to Taylor Bridge with each having a limit of white bass. Rod left to meet some
friends and I stayed until Jenn and Des showed up.</span><br />
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water and we paddled and rowed our way upstream. I decided to fish the area
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sandals for wading. So, we fished in an area easy to wade. Des was not
happy with the mud on his feet and felt more comfortable standing in the water
with his mother. Jenn caught a white bass within the first thirty minutes and
then hooked into a larger fish. She and Des had a good time landing a twenty-inch
carp. </span><br />
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catch. We stayed for more than an hour and then Des announced it was time to
leave and we did. We finished the evening by dining at Pizza House on
Commercial Street. We all had good time fishing on the Little Sac River.</span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 16.866666793823242px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">March 3, 2015 (Tuesday): There was a small window of opportunity to fish on Tuesday with melting snow and temperatures in the mid-forties. I drove to Bennett Spring State Park for an afternoon of fishing. It was cloudy most of the day with a light rain on and off for short periods. The wind was out of the south with several switches throughout the afternoon. There was a forecast of freezing rain, sleet and snow later that evening.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16.866666793823242px;">I had hoped to be able to fish with snow on the ground; by the time I started to wet a line, most of the snow had melted. There were a few people fishing in zone one, I fished the area between the dam and the island. There was a hatch of mayflies and the air temperature was warm enough for them to get off the water. There was some interest from the trout and was prudent to fish dries throughout the afternoon. It took nearly an hour before the first trout was hooked and released. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16.866666793823242px;">The fishermen using sink tips and short strips seem to be faring better catching trout. It was the last hour of fishing, when I tried a soft hackle and took a few more trout on the strip. I finished the day with fifteen trout with four trout coming back to Springfield. I did see eagles, deer feeding on grass and turkeys; all getting in a meal before the next winter storm.</span><br />
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March 8, 2015 Sunday: I returned to Bull
Shoals Lake to fish for walleye after dark. The generation through Powersite
dam was turned off just before I entered the water. The water felt cold, even
with neoprene waders. The water was clear with the lake level 653.7 ft. It was
an hour after dark I saw a wake thirty feet in front of me. It could have been
a goose or beaver, I was not sure. I fished until 8 PM and called it a night…
no bites.<br />
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March 9, 2015 Monday: This day was cloudy
with sporadic rain showers. I started my afternoon/evening trip driving along
Swan creek to look at the water from the rock bluff. There was a significant
run off from snowmelt and rain with Swan Creek up a foot or two. I would bet
the walleye are moving up into Swan for their spring spawn. I looked at the
mouth of Swan and was tempted to fish this area for the evening, but decided to
try the west bank across from Silver Creek instead, with successful fishing in
years past walking the shore line throwing a Clouser minnow downstream at a 45
degree angle to the shore line and slow retrieve. I did manage one trout with
no other bites. I finished the evening at the Pot Hole, there was no generation
from the powerhouse and the winds were calm. I did have the light from the dam
to my advantage and was able to identify two beavers moving up the lake and
swam around me. Probably the same creatures I saw the night before. I stayed
until 8:30 PM and called it a night. I thought about going to look at Beaver
creek but data from the USGA, indicated the river was two feet high. Early
spring fishing can be tough, but I did hear the frogs. The peepers are a good
sign of spring and warmer days.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">March 16, 2015 (Monday): The recent rains
and high water in the rivers has brought up Bull Shoals Lake 3.5 feet and was
657.2 feet. I saw this the day checking out the USGA web site for Missouri
streams and decided to pack the kayak for the night. The conditions looked
favorable; generation from the powerhouse, the water was colored (probably too
dirty) and the water temperature was in the low fifties. I fished the edges,
fished the drops spots in the Pot Hole. Again, I was not able to get a bite.
The MDC had three boats in the water and electro-shocking for walleye this
evening. They were taking eggs from ripe females and mixing sperm from several
males. I was told they took 79 males out of swan and 17 females out of the
lake. The largest walleye was 34 inches in length and had already spawned out.
I will call Andy Turner in a few days to get his report of the evening and his
impression to the fishery below the dam. I packed the kayak on the rack of my
truck at 9:30 PM and before I left the water saw a large streak across the sky
of a burning meteorite that did burn out near the horizon in the western sky.
Venus was very bright and fell behind the hill at 9:30 PM. My guess is fishing
can only get better.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">March 22, 2015 Sunday: I had another opportunity to return to the Pot Hole. The lake level has risen to 659 feet; the water was clear with a 45°F water temperature. There was with some generation from the power house. The afternoon was sunny with a clear sky sunset followed by a new moon and Venus settling in the western sky.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I had to use the kayak since the water is getting too high to wade. I took the kayak and fished the west bank (river right). I followed the water currents and looked for eddies along the edges. Again, the bait fish are absent, no fish seen at dusk on top. I finished the evening near the three trees and saw a bright meteorite at 9 PM.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">March 26, 2015 Thursday: I returned to the Pot Hole, there was a significant rain days earlier and Taneycomo has been running four generators for several days. The water was pouring over Power site dam and the lake has risen two feet; it is now at 661 ft. I did not have much time to look around. Swan creek was high and dirty. I pulled up data for Beaver creek and it was up five feet. I decided to fish the same waters and it proved to be consistent. No fish to be found. My guess the fish went up stream due to high and warmer water. I have no prove, but the white bass is near and the walleye are probably getting close to the end of their spawn. I did see two falling meteorites this evening.</span></div>
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Ozark Fly-fishinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12610433156271009979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1162990883000317799.post-5001814729412115272015-02-16T08:26:00.003-08:002015-02-16T08:26:41.039-08:00February: Bull Shoals Lake and the Pot Hole
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The wading is good with lake level at 653.4 ft</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">February 13, 2015 Friday: My first trip to the Pot Hole
since last spring. </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The water level was
653.4 feet, which is low enough to wade; the three trees are at the waters
edge. The water was clear and cold; the temperature was 42 degrees. A road
project on river run extended a new road access to the powerhouse higher along
the hill with a gate across stating road was closed. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The new road to the powerhouse can be seen in this photo</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I started fishing at 5 PM
and the sun was down behind the hill by 6 PM. There was little wind or water
moving from the powerhouse. Just before dark, the trout were taking midges off
the top, with feeding rings seen in all directions. I had a few tugs on the Clouser
minnow pattern from curious trout with no steel to the lips. At 7 PM, the horn
sounded and water came through the wheels. I stayed until 7:30 PM. After a fly
broke off, my hands were cold and I needed to take a leak. I took these signs
to call it quits for the night. This will be my destination for the next month
and hoping for a walleye on my next trip.</span></div>
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Ozark Fly-fishinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12610433156271009979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1162990883000317799.post-75093710265883274922015-01-08T11:07:00.000-08:002015-02-10T21:19:50.827-08:00January 2015: New Year at the Bennett Spring State Park<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">January 5, 2015: </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16.866666793823242px;">It has been difficult finding a day to fish the state parks, with Christmas and getting to spend family time; Ann had a total knee operation at the end of the year and is recuperating. So, Monday there was an opportunity to get out. I had not been to Bennett Spring State Park for more than a month and decided to return to familiar water. The day was cold with a light wind and very bright skies. The area above dam had very little fish activity with two fishermen at the end of the point catching a few trout. I decided to fish near the stone bridge and wade up stream to the dam. The fishing was a bit slow until the fly could get near the water below the dam. This water had a broken surface and the trout were eager to take a fly. I was on river left and as I approached the dam, made a decision to climb on top of the dam and slowly fish the waters immediately under and below the dam. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16.866666793823242px;">The #20 dry fly was fished dry, wet, dabbed and skated across the surface. The trout made many attempts to take, drown and eat the fly. I had three hours of constant action and stop counting released trout after twenty to hand. I was amazed to the number of trout swimming in the seams below the dam; it looked almost like the mass of trout seen in the hatchery. The footing on the dam was good with solid traction on the concrete surface. It was a good time catching trout and it is always a joy when you get the key to unlock the secrets to catching many trout. Hope to return next weekend.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">January 16, 2015 (Friday): The weather forecast for this
past weekend, called for sunny skies and temperatures in the upper fifties. I
took Friday and Monday off from work to fish Bennett Spring State Park. On
Friday there were fifty to sixty fishermen in zones 1 and 2. I fished in
offbeat areas to find some solitude. The water was clear and difficult getting
the trout to take a fly. I saw only a few people in view catching a trout here
and there throughout the day. I did see a fellow standing on the dam fishing
with a fly rod wet wading in his bare feet. Later that day came across a turtle
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">I checked the calendar and it is
still January. Yep… There’s something strange with the weather; 2014 was recorded
as the warmest year on record. Maybe 2015 is on track to top that record. Needless
to say to the catching was tough with seven trout released from hand for four
hours of fishing. Hope Monday is more productive.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">It's too nice to fish</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">January 19, 2015
(Monday): I went back to Bennett Spring State Park on Monday. The day was warm
with temperatures reaching the lower sixties, a bright sky with a variable wind
from the south. I stopped in to see Charlie Reading and purchased some barbless
hooks (Daiichi #18 and #20 1190). I was in the water before noon and fishing
below the whistle bridge in zone 3; I try to fish this water at least once
during the catch and release season. There was not much surface activity but
managed to take a few with a dry fly. I did try a brown jig and took a few more
rainbows. There was a crowd on hand with people dispersed all through zones one
and two. There were several people fishing off the dam, so I passed up fishing
below the dam. The water just above the dam in zone was vacant so I finished my
day fishing along the weed edges hoping to hide my presentation. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">With the
bright sun, the line hitting the water made enough ripple to cast a shadow on
the bottom of the creek, spooking most of the fish. It was a disadvantage to
throw a long line. I found it somewhat better to slowly walk to places the
trout had shelter and lightly land a dry fly along the edge. I managed to
release eight from hand with my last cast last fish two minutes before the
whistle blew. That was after breaking off two trout with 8x tippet after 3:30
PM. There are only three more weekends left for the catch and release season.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16.866666793823242px;">January 25, 2015 Sunday: I met Bill Taylor at six AM and he drove to Montauk State Park us for a day of fishing. The day was cloudy with occasional rain showers, a moderate wind with wind gust to twenty-five knots and the air temperatures in the mid-forties. For me, excellent conditions to fish; a rough water surface and no shadows on the water. There were a few fishermen in the park, but I had very few fishermen in view most of the day. Bill and I started below the dam and fished our way upstream and finished nearly a mile towards the spring at the end of the day. There were a fair number of spawning trout on or near redds. I fished mostly dry flies throughout the day. We released from hand twenty-one trout with Bill catching one rainbow over sixteen inches. There was a small hatch of mayflies and midges swarming on the banks. We finished the day of fishing at 4 PM with the sound of the whistle and left the park. We drove to Rolla to dine at Bandanas BBQ. It was after 9 PM when I returned home. A fifteen hour day of traveling and fishing made for a long day. Montauk is a very enjoyable park to fish and visit, consider the journey for your next destination.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Bob Randall lining his rod getting ready to fish Bennett Spring SP</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16.866666793823242px;">January 30, 2015 (Friday): </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Bob Randall and I made
our first fishing trip together. Bob is retired federal worker having worked
for the US Forestry and National Park Service. We met at the Springfield Nature
Center at 9 AM and drove together heading for Bennett Spring SP. The day
was sunny with a light wind and the air temperature in the mid forties. The
park had a dozen fishermen above the Holland dam with two fellows above the
dam. We started our day to fish by walking the dam. We managed to catch and
release a few from hand and fished it until noon. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Bob fishing from the dam releasing a trout</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">There was no one fishing near
the top of the dam with four fishermen up stream near the access path. The
water was clear and the sun was bright. There was a good hatch of pale morning
duns and the trout were chasing them down. Getting them to take a dry was
difficult at the beginning of the hatch. I fished near the intake for the
hatchery and worked around the aquatic plants. I was only able to get a few in
the area. Bob walked up to fish in the slough and took a few with a wooly
bugger. It was after 2 PM, many of the passing fishermen were voicing
frustration with the catching and many left. The dry fly was starting to get
the trout’s attention and more came to hand. Bob and I fished to the whistle at
4 PM and returned to Springfield to help with the MDC teen club by teaching the
teen club members how to tie a wooly bugger. John Dozier lead the discussion
and provided the presentation. Overall, Bob and I had a good day, with 37 trout
released from hand. There is one weekend left and I am undecided were my next
destination will be.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">December 5, 2014: Rod Pennington and I met at Montauk State park to fish for a three day weekend. I left Springfield Friday at 9 am, driving Hwy 60 in the fog. By the time I drove through Houston on Hwy 63; the fog started to lift and the rain started to fall. It rained all the way to Licking and on to Montauk. I stopped at the lodge, and paid for two nights’s lodging and we stayed in cabin #31. The rain continued to fall and I waited 45 minutes before, moving the gear into the cabin. A pileated woodpecker was seen outside the cabin door, with the sounds heard throughout the weekend. Rod was delayed and did not get to the park until 3:30 pm. The rain let up at 1 pm and I made my way down to the spring creek and started to fish near the power lines, making my way up stream for the next three hours. The clouds were low with a light rain until 3 pm. I tied on a small dry fly; the flies worked best when pulled under and fished with a tight line through the water. I managed to release fifteen with a last sat last fish before 4 pm. We stayed in cabin 31; it is located on the hill near the stream and walking distance to the lodge.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">It was after 4:30 PM when I met Rod at the cabin, he was able to get fifteen minutes of fishing before the siren sounded. He caught and released three trout fishing near the low water bridge. We ate at the lodge. The lodge is open on weekends serving a very good meal at very reasonable prices. They serve breakfast, lunch and dinner and opened until 6 pm on Friday and Saturday nights. On Sundays, the lodge is open for breakfast and lunch, but closed in the afternoon; so plan according with Rolla the other place one can travel after a day of fishing for an evening meal.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">December 6, 2014: Saturday morning, Rod and I had eggs in a hole and bacon. We were on the water shortly after 8 am starting at the power lines. Again, I worked my way up stream and Rod went down stream. The day was overcast, in the high thirties. Warren Wilkerson and Joe Davis planned to leave Springfield and be at the park before 11 am. Warren is the president of the Missouri Trout Fishermen's Association and a meeting was scheduled to meet with the three chapters at noon in the lodge. I fished until a few minutes after 11 AM with nine fish to hand. Warren and Joe finally caught up with me with Rod walking up the road as we left the cabin for the meeting. The meeting lasted an hour and we returned to the cabin. We warmed up the smoker and prepared the evening meal. We all brought a variety of meats. Rod brought chicken, pheasant and quail. Warren and Joe brought a pork loin and filet mignon. I provided a chunk of halibut. All of this was placed in a smoker for three hours with mesquite wood. Again, we walked back to the spring creek to fish until 4 pm. Rod returned before the rest of us and placed some corn still in the husk in the smoker. We had quite a feast, with more food than we could possibly eat. We sat around that evening discussing a variety of topic and turned in before 10 PM.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">December 7, 2014: The morning alarm went off at 6 AM, with Joe cooking bacon and eggs. After breakfast, we moved our gear back to our vehicles and the keys to the cabin returned to the lodge. Two does stood next to the truck looking at Rod and I for some time. I moved for a camera and they took off down the hill out of sight. We were on the water and fishing after 9 AM. Rod planned to stay only a few hours before driving back to Rogersville. Warren and Joe fished near the hatchery; a place Warren calls the honey hole and stayed there most of the day. I started below the dam and fished to the blue hole. The day started cloudy with temperatures in the low thirties. There were only a few breaks in the clouds with the sun peaking out. For me the fishing was excellent. The mayfly hatch was light, but the duns I saw on the water were quickly dispatched by the trout. I took fifteen trout below the dam, before moving above the dam and fishing to the blue hole. Five of these fish were in the sixteen to twenty inch range caught on#20 hooks. Some took a dry, or a wet fly or gently pulled give the fly some movement. I release thirteen more trout above the dam before the day of fishing was over.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This was a good weekend of fishing. There were only a few fishermen on the water, most of the time I was out of sight of other fishermen. The trout went for the dry flies one a dun was seen on the water. Five of the trout were over sixteen inches with the largest twenty inches in length. There was plenty of wildlife seen with a variety of raptors; bald eagles, turkey vultures and hawks. I had several encounters with white tail deer. With a doe and twin fawns at the end of the trip, they scamper, played and head butt each other before moving across the stream for the evening. The four of us totaled 105 trout caught and released for the three day weekend. The round trip distance from Springfield to Montauk and back is about 220 miles. I would recommend fishing Montauk and plan to stay at least two days. I will return before the end of this year’s catch and release season.</span><br />
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coffee brewing and packed the truck with fishing gear to make the trip to
Roaring River State Park to fish for the day. I plan to fish three state parks
in the month of December, so this would the second park. It was after 9 AM when
I left Springfield. It was seasonally warm with foggy condition all the way to
Roaring River S.P. It was a seventy mile one way trip on Hwy 60 and then south
on Hwy 37 at Monett then on State Hwy 112 in Cassville to the park. </span><br />
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was not crowded with the fishermen dispersed from the hatchery to the lower
reaches of the boundary waters. I fished the same area where Jenn, Des and I
camped earlier this fall, in waters one can wade and fish. It’s not great water
with only a few spots for trout to find cover but it did provide solitude.
There were only a few fishermen in view for the afternoon with seven trout
caught and released for the day. There was not a surface hatch seen while
fishing and it took a wet fly to hook the few trout. I fished until 4 PM and
returned to Springfield. Beware, most of the bathroom facilities are closed for
the season. So, make the necessary stops before entering the park. My next trip
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">I made a trip to Michigan to fish the Pere Marquette River
in the area called the maple leaf. The Coho salmon finished their spawning with
most of these salmon dead and decaying in the river. If there is a high water
event, the decaying fish will eventually wash out to Lake Michigan. There are
usually some late salmon spawning and on redds, and these will be the places
the steelhead, brown and smaller trout will be to eat any salmon eggs dislodged
or floating down river from spawning fish. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">My brother, Kirk had success in previous years fishing for
steelhead trout after the salmon spawn in the month of November. The steelhead
will move up late fall and winter over in the river, waiting for the return of
spring to spawn. The steelhead can return several times to spawn with the
largest males being six or seven years old, weighing over ten lbs. and
measuring thirty inches in length.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">I have fished these waters off and on since a kid and we
have seen the change of the river and named special places on the river to
those memories. My grandfather had a cabin on Hwy 10 between Branch and
Walhalla. We would go the cabin the summer to spend time with family. My
grandmother would take us out on hikes, walking the fire trails and waiting by
railroad tracks for a locomotive to pass by. Over the years we discovered this
was a great river to swim and fish. The Pere Marquette was the first river in
the United States to get brown trout planted in the stream from Europe. It was
designated as a wild and scenic river in the seventies and stories written
about in by Ernest Schwiebert telling of his childhood fishing the upper waters
near Baldwin.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">One place named on the river was a place where an old cabin
once stood; there was an event that occurred before I was born. There was a plaque
marking the spot a fellow hung himself on a limb of a white oak tree. The tree
still stands with the cabin near by all but gone. We call the area below this
spot the hangman hole. Another spot we remember fondly was the birch tree hole.
A birch tree leaned over the river marking a popular spot to catch steelhead
trout but the tree washed out and carried downstream several years ago. Then
there was Ackerson’s Cabin, I remember the cabin and it burnt to the ground
forty years ago. The property was sold to the federal government and is now
public property with access to the river.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">I had two days to fish with Kirk. It was a trip nearly eight
hundred miles to Walhalla from Springfield. It took fifteen hours with several
traffic jams in Michigan on I-94 and I-96 due to road construction. Kirk fished
all day Monday, he drove to Ludington to look at the water. The lake was dirty
from recent storms and unfishable from the surf. He spent the rest of the day
fishing the Pere Marquette River and had a very good day catching and leasing
steelhead, brown trout and smaller rainbows.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">I met Kirk at 10 PM that evening at a cabin/motel we usually
stay. We talked weather. The forecasted storm moved to the north with
Marquette, MI getting 42 inches of snow. We had at least one day without snow.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">November 11, 2014: The next morning we woke before 5 A.M.
and walked the trail to the river in the dark before morning light. We were
fishing with just enough light to see. Throughout the day, we moved from hole
to hole and covered the length of the river from the Birch tree hole near the
cabins downstream to Hangman. Needless to say, the fly rod and I failed to
catch many trout. I had a few hits with a dangling fly. Kirk caught three
steelhead. One of the trout was left bleeding and was saved for the icebox; it
was a hen that measured 29.5 inches in length. He caught a number of smaller trout,
which were released. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">I saw several ospreys flying overhead and a bald eagle
flying treetops later in the day.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">The
rain started to fall afternoon with the cool air moving in before dark. We
fished until 5 PM. We returned to the cabin and ate at Emerson Lake.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">November 12, 2014: The
next day was to be cooler with snow in the forecast. I decided to switch from
the fly rod to natural bait, hoping to get a few hookups.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">The next morning, we packed out and on the river, fishing by
9 PM. The day was over casted with the temperatures in the high twenties. There
was a light flurry of snow most of the day. I managed to find small trout
behind down trees in the river and several brown trout. One of the brown trout
was nearly fifteen inches. I cross paths with my brother at noon, he lost two
steelhead trout in the fight. One of the fish actually jumped out of water and
hit a tree trunk in mid-air. We fished until 4:30 PM.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">It was good to get back to the Pere Marquette River to fish.
I discovered how difficult it was climbing the hills and crawling along the
banks. Hopefully, I will get back to fish in March.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">November 30, 2014: I arranged to meet Brant Koetting for breakfast at a Springfield Village Inn and then on to Bennett Spring State Park for the day a day of fishing. Brant lives in California, MO (near Jefferson City) and spends his summers guiding at Saltery Lake Lodge. Actually, he was our guide this year when Rod, Bill and I fished there in September. Brant made a trip to Bennett last year, so this was not his first visit at the trout park with us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">It was an unusual warm day with the air temperature near 68°F, there was a southern breeze blowing downstream. With a change in the air by mid-afternoon, the wind switched out of the north dropping the temperature 30 degrees in a few hours. Most of the fishermen around us talked of the weekend events and they probably fished Friday, Saturday and Sunday. They were concern for the freezing precipitation forecast for Monday morning. They talked of leaving the park and not staying for another day.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Brant and I were in the water shortly after 9:30 AM with four other fishermen in zone 1, fishing the water above the dam. By noon time, there was probably a dozen in the same area, most of these fishermen knew each other and there was constant chatter among them. Rod was to drive in before noon, but neither Brant nor I saw him. Brant and I decided to move down stream, there were only a few fishermen below the stone bridge. I reentered the water below the hatchery outlet and fished my way back to the dam, and finally started to see a mayfly hatch with rising trout. I saw a family fishing near the stone bridge, with the teenage daughter wearing pink shorts and boots wet wading above her knees in the spring creek. Who would guess the last day of November, that one could wet wade? I was impressed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It was 2 PM; Rod spotted me in the water just below the dam. We talked a bit and then he decided to walk across the stone bridge and fish the opposite bank. Brant was downstream and out of sight.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">It was 3 PM, Rod and I decided to finish the day in zone 1 above the dam. It was unoccupied water, with most of the previous fishermen gone for the day. Brant was fishing near the dam and I saw him trip and dip into the water with water filling his waders. I told him, “today you could get away with wet waders but tomorrow you wouldn’t” knowing freezing temperatures would be moving in overnight. Rod and Brant made their way to their vehicles before the 4 PM whistle; I managed to hook a trout five minutes before the siren and called it last cast last fish for the day. The afternoon with a light hatch made up for the slow morning and I was able to release twenty trout. Only one trout was of size, measuring sixteen inches. It was a day of contrast, with the air temperatures, wind direction and wiliness for the trout to bite a fly. My next trip will be to Montauk for a three day weekend.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Rod Pennington, Bill Taylor and I
traveled to Alaska to fly fish for Silver Salmon. The week was filled with bear
encounters, one hundred and ninety-four silver salmon caught with eighteen
returning with us to Springfield and the rest released back to the water. The
weather was very warm for this time of the year with four days of clear blue
skies and plenty of sunshine. There was a family of eagles that nested near our
cabin and we saw them soaring overhead most of the time over the water. The
adults were teaching the young eagles to fly and getting them ready to fly
south for the winter. Dave Magoffin and his staff were very friendly and
helpful throughout the week. The meals prepared by Edie were delicious, on time
with very generous servings. A big thanks to Brant our guide for the week, who
netted our fish, took us to Rough Creek for a great day of fishing and kept us
out of trouble with the bears. This was my sixth trip back to Saltery lake
Lodge, it seems to get better each year; more fish caught, more bear sightings
and a lodge that provides an excellent destination to explore Alaska.</span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">September 19, 2014 (Friday):</b><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> We flew from Springfield to Kodiak Island. The trip was
uneventful with some air turbulence over the mountains. We lost our luggage in
Anchorage before flying on to Kodiak. We had to wait twenty hours before
retrieving our luggage at the terminal in Kodiak. It was almost 11 pm when we
settled in our rooms at the Kodiak Inn (Best Western), for a short night's sleep before
going out on a boat for a deep sea fishing excursion the next day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>September 20, 2014 (Saturday):</b> We had breakfast at the Kodiak Inn. After breakfast, (since
we were without luggage), we went to Mack's sporting goods store to buy some
long johns and jackets/ raincoats. We made it to the boat on time at 8
AM. We met Chris Fiala, the captain of U-Rascal in the parking lot at the
harbor.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We have been out with Chris in the past
and felt confident he would find fish. The mates on board the boat were the
same as three years ago with Becca and her three brothers. They spend their
summers in Kodiak helping with the boats before returning to the state of
Washington to continue their schooling. We left port at 8:30 AM after filling
the tanks with fuel and heading out to sea and onto Ugak Bay.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The day was partly cloudy and a light
wind less than 10 knots. The cruise and wave action was smooth with the motion
coming from the boat when moving spot to spot. Dr. Taylor did get seasick and
had his head on the table when the boat was on the move. He was able to fish
when the boat stopped. </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Chris did find fish and we took a limit
of rockfish including yellow eye and Rod landed a rare tiger fish (a striped
rockfish).</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Bill with a Yellow Eye (Rockfish) with Chris looking on: Photo by Bill Taylor</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Chris took us into Ugak Bay and we took
a limit of halibut. The fish averaged 50 to 70 pounds apiece with eight to the
cooler, one for each paying fishermen. The location of the fishing spot was
just off the site where a blotched rocket launch occurred several weeks ago.
When the rocket was on lift off, they had to abort four seconds into the launch
and blew everything up including the launch pad. We were told several engineers
were on the island, evacuating the launch pad to determine if the site was a
total lost.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">We finished the day by moving to
another spot and picked up flounder. We landed many and added them to the
cooler. There was probably about five hundred pounds of fish in the cooler for
the day’s catch. We returned to port at Kodiak and Chris took us to Island
Seafood to process and package our catch. The plan was to return to Island
Seafood the following week after spending a week at Saltery Lake Lodge and take
our boxed frozen fish back with us on the flight back to Springfield.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Our catch was dropped off at Island Seafoods for packaging: Photo by Bill Taylor</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">When we docked the boat and paid for
our day of fishing, we returned to the hotel. We discovered no luggage. We had
to go back to the airport and pick up our bags. The luggage was secured and
locked in a closet; everything was fine with nothing missing. We finished the
evening by going to Henry’s Sports Bar for a bite to eat and walking through
the harbor looking at the boats moored in the harbor. We returned to the hotel
and fell asleep before 10 PM.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Bill captured this photo walking through Kodiak Harbor: Photo by Bill Taylor</span></td></tr>
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<b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">September 21, 2014 (Sunday):</b><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> We made contact with Janelle and she met us at the Best
Western about 10:30 AM. She took us to Dave Magoffin’s house, which was only a
short drive from the hotel. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Janelle making arrangements with Dave to fly us out on a float plane</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We flew from Dave’s house with a water landing
strip for his floatplane. Dave would fly us out on his single engine floatplane
to Saltery Lake lodge. The one-way trip took about twenty minutes by air. Dave
had to make four trips to get everyone to the lodge and took the entire morning
getting us setup and ready to fish Saltery Lake.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Dave's float plane getting ready to make another trip back to the lodge</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It was noon before I walked the shores
of the lake, the staff; Geoff (guide), Brant (guide), Bryan (guide) and Edie
(cook) met the plane when we arrived. Our gear was unloaded and placed in cabin
#2. Rod and Bill flew in before me and they were looking over the lake and
unpacking their gear. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Our quarters for the week, cabin #2: Photo by Bill Taylor</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We went to the lodge to meet the other guest. There were
seven guests for the week. Frank Abramczyk was from Cincinnati OH, he has made
many trips to Saltery Lake Lodge. Frank, the father of Geoff made several trips
to Saltery Lake when Geoff was much younger. Geoff has guided at the lodge for
the past five years. Dick Compton was from Sacramento CA, he has made several
trips over the years to Saltery Lake. He enjoys steelhead fishing in California
with his spey and switch rods. Dick fishes the Missouri River and told stories
of the Trinity. New to the lodge is Chuck and Mary, a couple from Sacramento.
They discovered Saltery Lake lodge from conversations with Dick. They are in
the same California fishing club.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">A young eagle near our cabin, later found the nest: Photo by Bill Taylor</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">After lunch, we went back to the cabins
to get in our waders and set up our 8 wt. rods. Rod and Bill went to the lower
hole, a favorite spot for Rod. I walked the lakeshore and started to fish above
the river. The day was cloudy with an occasional light rain and a light wind
from the pass (north). There was a rainbow that briefly came into view. Rod saw it at the lower hole and captured a bear, eagle and rainbow in the same frame.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The bear is in the water, the eagle is perched in the a tree with a rainbow near by: <br />Photo by Rod Pennington</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I was fishing to the north of Rod and Bill in the lake where I saw the other end of the rainbow. The end of the rainbow was near the mouth of Lake Creek. A place where Sean's ashes were dispersed last year.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">It did not take very long before I hooked a silver
salmon. I was using a pink/purple #4 Clouser minnow, which proved to be a good
fly last year. There were brown bear sightings on the lake; a mother and cub on
the west side and a two year old with fishing lure hanging from his ear. No one
knows the story how the lure became attached to the bear, but it helped to
identify him. We called him Bling. We would see him many more times throughout
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Geoff and Brant were on duty as guides
with the guest. Bryan was at the lodge making runs with the ATV, on a return
trip to the water. Bryan spotted a bear and slowed down. The bear was confused,
since there were people in front of him near the river; the bear turned and ran
into Bryan’s path and the bear was hit in the rear. The bear was not hurt and
ran off into the brush in the other direction. We fished until 6:00 PM; the
three of us managed to catch and released twenty-four silver salmon. (K14R4B6
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>September 22, 2014 (Monday): </b>Breakfast was served at 8:00 AM with coffee ready to by 7:30
AM. With everyone seated at the table, Edie called out a bear on the lawn.
Every one jumped from their chairs to watch the bear from the lodge. I was able
to capture his presence with my IPhone and saved the video for my Grandson
Desmond. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">After breakfast, Rod made the hike to the lower hole and made his way
back to the lake later in the day. Bill and I fished the lake using pink/purple
Clouser minnows. It was a sunny day after the fog lifted off the lake. There
were a number of bear sightings with the bears walking the lakeshore looking
for fishing opportunities and weak sockeye spawning in the shallow waters. Even
with the bright sun, the fishing was exceptional. The three of us managed to
save six silvers salmon for the ice box with a total fifty-one salmon to hand
for the day. (K30R12B9 t51)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>September 23, 2014 (Tuesday):</b> The day was clear after the fog lifted. The air temperature
was unseasonably warm near seventy degrees. During breakfast there was a
different visitor, a red fox name Russian made his rounds about the lodge. He was
not too concerned for me and I suspect he was looking for a handout. I captured
a short video of him. We saw him a few more times during our stay.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Rod and Bill started the day at the
lower hole. Bill was casting his 8 wt. TFO rod and the rod failed; it broke in
half. He did not know why, it just fell apart in midair. Needless to say, he
hiked back to the cabin to retrieve his other rod. It was almost noon, when he
was fishing next to me in the lake. The fishing was good with a few good hook
sets and then a hook would find a dorsal fin or tail. It can be said, a foul
hooked fish can be twice as difficult getting to shore. Many of these salmon
were in the 12 lb. to 15 lb. range. In years past, the salmon weighed 10 lb. to
12 lb. on average. Bill was fifty yards from me when I heard a gasp. He broke
his Redington rod on a salmon. He was landing the fish without a net. The
salmon was near the water’s edge and bolted for deeper water. Bill had his rod
pointed up and behind, shattering the rod with the run. Bill was out of fly
rods. Geoff was kind enough to loan his rod for the rest of the day. That
evening, Bill rented a rod from the lodge for the rest of the week.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Twelve paces from Bling: Photo by Rod Pennington</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Same event with different perspective: Photo by Bill Taylor</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">When Bill left to get Geoff’s rod I was
on the west shore by myself. A call went out telling me a bear was on his way to greet
me. I was standing in the water when Bling came up behind me. I let Bling know
my location; he kept walking closer to me and stood at the water’s edge
checking me out. He finally moved on; the bear came within twelve paces of me.
We had another close encounter on Friday.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Here is a YouTube video of the close encounter: <a href="http://youtu.be/morxRHOUqEs">http://youtu.be/morxRHOUqEs</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">There was a group of fishermen that
would come in from the city of Kodiak. The leader’s name was Dale; he was the
guide and supplier of ATVs. He would bring out a different group of fishermen
each day. On this day, a father and two sons were fishing together on the
opposite side of the lake. They were throwing spinners having issues with their
equipment. They hooked a few fish than one of the sons started swearing and
cussing due to a fish taking all of the line from a spinning reel. It wasn’t
thirty minutes that I had a fish on and noticed monofilament line had crossed
my line. I released the fish and started to retrieve the line by hand, there
was still a fish on the other end. I kept pulling and finally the fish came
off, by the time all of the line was wrapped on my hand I figured there was 200
yards of line. It was stowed away in my pocket and later gave to Brant as a
souvenir. The three of us had another good day of catching with forty-four fish
caught.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Bryan netting a silver salmon for Rod: Photo by Bill Taylor</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>September 24, 2014 (Wednesday):</b> We made plans the day before and it was discussed before we
left for Alaska; a trip to Rough Creek. Rough Creek is on the west side of
Bread loaf Mountain. Last year, Rod GPS our positions and determined the hike,
day spent walking up Rough Creek to the north side of the mountain and the
return trip was six miles. It was a challenging walk with waders and dressed to
fish cold water. We walked across the lower reaches of Saltery Lake and hiked
to Rough Creek. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">A short walk along a Beaver pond to Rough Creek: Photo by Rod Pennington</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">We had an encounter with two bears before reaching Bread Loaf
Mountain. There was almost an impasse with us walking west along the lakeshore
and the bears working the shore towards us. The bears finally took to the high
ground and we were able to proceed. Rough creek was low and gin clear with
silvers filling the pools. The scenery and remoteness was the reason for our
return, the three of us truly enjoy and savor the time fishing Rough Creek. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Rough Creek provides pristine scenery: Photo by Bill Taylor</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">The
silvers we caught were in the 12 lb. range. We caught six and we were very
happy with the day’s adventure. We left the river and hiked back around 4:30 pm
and finished our day back at Saltery Lake and fished until 6:30 pm. We caught
more salmon for our fish box. The day ended with Bling fishing the lakeshore
and moving in our direction. We had five fish on a stringer and did not want
the bear discover them. So, Brant took the fish across out of the path of the
traveling bear. (K6R5B4 t15)<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">September 25, 2014 (Thursday):</b><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Today we fished the lake until 11:30 am, and then we loaded
up in the soccer mom Toyota SUV and made a trip to Ugak Bay. This is the where
the Saltery River flows into the bay with a large estuary area where the
buffalo roam and wild horses run free. We saw a number of buffalo on our trip
to the bay. We saw fifty harbor seals in the water watching us from the
brackish water of Saltery River; some of the seals came within casting
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A super cub making a pass before landing next to us: Photo by Bill Taylor</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Before we walked out to the seashore, a single engine super cub made
a pass over us and came around and landed next to our vehicle on a short
dirt/sea shell trail. The pilot landed the plane and motored back to us. He
jumped out and introduced himself and his buddy. He name was Eric, a state
trooper on Kodiak Island. He and his friend were out scouting buffalo with a
hunt planned for the following week. They spent about thirty minutes with us
before taking off, heading back to the city of Kodiak. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Eric standing next to his Super Cub: Photo by Rod Pennington</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We walked a half-mile to
the seashore waded into the salt water and fished for an hour. We walked the
beach looking for treasurers; only found dead crabs, scallop shells, oyster
shells and sea urchins. We made it back to our vehicle only to find the rising
tide filled our trail with three feet of salt water.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Brant fishing the surf: Photo by Bill Taylor</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">It took an hour before
the tide reversed. I waded down the trail and started to work my way up the
lower Saltery River. I looked for holding pools where fresh salmon could hold.
I did find a pool with a dozen or more salmon. Brant took Rod and Bill back to
the lake and I stayed to fish with Brant returning an hour later. On the first
cast, I hooked up and released a silver salmon. I managed to break off three
more salmon with the fish taking me to brush piles that broke my leader. I
caught four Dolly Varden near the salmon hole with all fish released. I saw a
large bear moving in the same area a video was shot three years ago with Rod
and Sean, with the bear in the same frame. The bear saw me and moved in the
other direction. Brant and I fished until 6 PM, making it back in time for
dinner. (K2R10B4 t16)<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Rod reflecting at the estuary: Photo by Bill Taylor</span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">September 26, 2014 (Friday):</b><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> The day was overcast with a late afternoon rain that fell
into the night. The wind picked up in the morning with white caps on the lake
mid-afternoon. Rod and Bill started in the lower hole and finished the day with
me in the lake. There were only a few fishermen coming in by AVT from the city
of Kodiak. One of the fishermen was Bill Franklin, a former co-host of the
lodge with Doyle Hatfield, who retired when their lease was up a few years ago.
He was doing well with plans to builds cabin on 25 Acres on the opposite shore
of Ugak Bay. He traded his plane in for a boat and spends plenty of time on the
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">The fishing was good with a windy day
and solid clouds blocking the sun. We hooked many salmon with all fish
released. We filled two fifty lb. boxes of silver salmon and they returned with us on the plane trip back to Springfield.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">End of our fishing, walking back to the lodge: Photo by Bill Taylor</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">It was a challenging day for me. I saw
an eagle flying near me and went for the camera to get a picture. My camera was
missing from the front pouch in the waders. I retraced my steps back to shore
and saw the camera three feet under water; with a fish landing net I was able to
recover the camera. Thank goodness it’s waterproof. The second mishap was
falling into the water walking backwards trying to net a fish for Rod. Thank
goodness the waders go high above my chest; I did not get wet inside. The third
mishap was getting spooled by a fish. I was using a large arbor reel (these
have less backing capacity). The salmon took off for the lodge, it was probably
fouled hooked. Needless to say, the reel was picking up speed as the line
ripped out. I tried to slow the fish down with a hand drag, and saw there was
very little backing left. I ran down the shoreline, it did not help and all the
line was lost; leader, new clear sinking line, and backing. I was spooled!!! I
walked back to the cabin and exchanged rod and reels.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">We watched a coast guard helicopter
flying into and out of the nearby mountain passes. We found out that evening a
hunter was reported missing and there was a search party out looking for him.
We never did know what happened to him. I checked the local newspaper on line.
Noted there was news of the missing hunter but did not read if he was found.
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We let him know our position and he darted off to a high stone ledge near us. Ten minutes
later, he walked up behind us and continued his journey walking the water’s
edge looking for fish. It was he’s way to say good-bye. It was great video
footage.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We finished our day and final
opportunity to fish this trip by getting our last cast last fish. I was the
last to leave the lake as the day passed to evening and the rain began to fall.
I made it back to the lodge in time for dinner. (K18R10B6 t34)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>September 27, 2014 (Saturday):</b> After Breakfast, we gathered our gear and prepared to fly
out. There was a gust of wind blowing through the pass with a chop on the
water. Rod, Bill and Janelle were the first to fly out at 9:30 AM. I followed
them an hour later with Dick.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Before leaving Saltery Lake, I walked
to Lake Creek to bid farewell to Sean and hoped to see a bear. A bear was
spotted; it was shy and stayed under cover and in the trees. I noticed the tree
where the eagles often perched, a nest nearly out of sight in the summer. With
the leaves falling, the nest was visible in the upper reaches of the tree. Then
I realized the reason for the eagles’ always in view and constantly flying
overhead. This was their summer home. With winter coming on, they will move on
to places where food is available. They may even fly to Missouri to winter
over… one never knows.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Fly back to Springfield, out of Kodiak with a red eye out of Anchorage: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our trip back to Springfield was
uneventful. The red eye flight out of Anchorage to Denver was uncomfortable
with cramp quarters, no space for my legs. By the time we landed in Springfield
we were exhausted. The flight back is one of a few negative aspects of the
trip. We brought back five boxes of fish, many memories of large salmon and
great video footage of bears. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Jenn, Brent, Des and I had the opportunity to
camp and fish Roaring River State Park for a three-day weekend. On Thursday and
Friday the days were hot with temperatures in the mid-nineties. There was a
thunderstorm that moved through Saturday morning with a few sounds of thunder
and a soft rain until 8:30 AM. Saturday was cooler with temperatures reaching
into the mid-seventies with a cloudy day to fish.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">September 4, 2014 (Thursday): I left early
Thursday morning and met Fred Fregin at Village Inn before driving on the
Roaring River. Fred and I drove in separate vehicles and made it to the
park before noon. I picked out a campsite and paid for the two nights. Fred and
I fished in zone one for a few hours before stopping to take a break from the
sun and heat. We went back to the campsite, which had plenty of shade. We sat
in the shade exchanging stories and sipping cool water. Fred returned to
Springfield at 4:30 PM, with Jenn and Des coming in after 7 PM. I fished the
wading area near the campsite in zone two; it was refreshing to wet wade in the
cool waters of the spring creek with the given heat. Des and Jenn were in by 7
PM, with dinner delivered and served by Jenn. After dinner, we relaxed by the
campfire, checking out the northern sky. We had a strong flash light that allow
us to point out stars and constellations. Des found the seven stars of the
big dipper and could locate the North Star. We did stay up to
11 PM, hoping to see some passing satellites, but the moon was too bright with the moonlight washing out the sky. It was a quiet night, even the raccoons made it
to our campsite without waking us; they took a bag of chocolate, gram crackers
and marshmallows.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">September 5, 2014 (Friday): We woke at 7:30 AM;
it was a bright sunny day. The coffee was made with a breakfast burrito for
each of us. We fished to waters near our campsite. There was a
gentle sloping gravel bar in complete shade throughout the day and cool waters
to soak our feet. The fishing was good but the catching was more difficult this
day. It could have been the sound of rocks being thrown in the water, the
movement of small feet along the water’s edge. Needless to say we caught a few
trout and that was enough. I packed a small net and we scrubbed a few rocks and
moved some gravel to find some under water bugs; aquatic worms, scud, mayfly
nymph, snail and leaches. Jenn and Des sat down and looked them over and stretch
an illustration of each insect in Des’s notebook. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We stopped for lunch at noon, with
peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, chips and apple cider from Murphy’s
Orchard. After lunch, Jenn and Des decided to check out the Ozark Chinquapin
Nature Center. Des was given full attention with hands on activities, information about stream team and checking out skull bones from a beaver and
blue heron. I returned to the water looking for enough trout for supper. </span><br />
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was to leave Springfield at 4:30 PM and meet us for dinner at 7 PM. I finished
the day with just enough trout and when Brent arrived we started to prepare
dinner. After dinner, we started a campfire and watched the sky. There were clouds building to the north and signs of rain. The sky to the south was clear. Brent brought
the telescope and we focused on the moon with a great view of the craters and
landscape. Brent spent some time with the image and captured the moon with his IPhone.
The moon was very bright this night so we did not have the opportunity to look
at planets. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The moon as seen from Roaring River SP: Photo by Brent Simmons</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We spent the rest of the evening sitting by the campfire and fixing
some smores. The clouds to the north continued to build and I figured rain
before sunrise.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">September 6, 2014 (Saturday): There a light
rain that fell until 8:30 AM. Des was in my face asking for breakfast. We
started the coffee and had breakfast on the plates in a short time. The threat
of rain remained through the morning and we decided to break camp. Jenn had a
wedding to official, Brent wanted to get back to Springfield and visit with his
mother, Carol. We had to take tents down, cots to disassembled and damp sleeping
bags roll up. Brent and Des left by 10:30 AM. Jenn and I fished together for a short time before she left. I stayed and fished until 4 PM. The
day remained cloudy with an occasional light rain. The trout were taking
#20 Adams with the best results pulling them under and using a quick strip. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Roaring River State Park is a family friendly
camping and fishing area. I camped there when Jenn and Sean were the same age as
Des is today. We have many fond memories from twenty-five years ago and now
making them with Desmond.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Ozark Fly-fishinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12610433156271009979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1162990883000317799.post-6053692398338495522014-08-11T18:46:00.000-07:002014-10-09T20:44:30.601-07:00August: Eleven Point River<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">One of many shoals on the Eleven Point River</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">August 5,
2014 (Tuesday): Bill Taylor and I returned to the Eleven Point River after two
years. We planned our trip to be in the middle of the week hoping for solitude
and good fishing. I called Andy Turner before our trip. Andy is the biologist
with the MDC overseeing the 11 Point River. He reported six thousand trout
placed in the blue ribbon area three weeks ago by the MDC. The stream was clear
at 3.1 feet with a 525 cfs flow.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Hwy 19 Bridge near Greer Access</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Bill and
I fished the blue ribbon water section, which is 5.5 miles in length between
Greer access and Turner Mill for three days and camp two nights on the gravel
bars. The first day was hot and sticky with wet wading very comfortable in the
cool waters of the Eleven Point River. Bill caught the first rainbow
trout near the Hwy 19 Bridge as we paddled upstream from Greer access. Several
reports from fishermen in passing canoes indicated fishing had been very good
with individuals telling us the flow from the spring upstream from the bridge
was where the trout were plentiful. We wanted to set camp before dark, so we
made our way down stream and made several stops to fish.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">The first
island below Greer had a distinct trail and Bill and I checked it out. I was
told on past trips of an old homestead with a graveyard. There were at least twenty
head stones with many of them before the 20<sup>th</sup> century; a few stones where
readable with names and dates and a few head stones eroding away with time and from the elements of rain, wind and
floods.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">We caught
a few more trout and made our way to the third island and decided to make camp.
It was very hot getting out of the water and setting up tents, gathering
firewood and preparing dinner. The warm uplifting air was forming Cumulonimbus
clouds in the north. With a campfire ready for steaks, a thunderstorm moved in.
The storm seemed to move around us with several lightning strikes less than one
second distance from our camp. It was a bit unnerving as we watch the clouds
moved to the south. It did provide a breeze and a light rain. Dinner was not
delayed with steak, bake potatoes and fresh green beans prepared over a campfire with my
wife’s peach cobbler for dessert. We sat in our chairs watching the river water
pass by with thunder heard from a distant cloud as we finished dinner. It
was good to be back on the banks of the Eleven Point River.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Fishing just above our first night of camping</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">That
evening we took off to fish water near our camp, the campfire was low and it was
smoldering as we fished. The sun was falling behind the hills as long shadows turned to dusk. Bill and I
returned to camp an hour later to built the fire and sat in our chairs watching
the bats and waiting for night to fall with a chorus of insect and frogs
warming up to serenade us until morning sun. The air was dry with a light fog
over the cool water of the river. The night was without incident, no critters
in the camp, thunderstorm moved far off to the south. The sounds of the river
with the rushing water crept into our sleep with soft voices heard in the
distance.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">August 6,
2014 (Wednesday): We were up and ready at 6:30 AM, the coffee was the first
thing to go on the stove. Bacon and eggs placed in a tortilla shell for
a breakfast burrito. We broke camp, taking down the tents, repacking gear and
placing it in the canoe. Before we left the site, we returned to the waters we
fished the night before, finding a few more trout. We made our way down stream
fishing favorite spots and enjoying the warm and sunny day. We stopped at the
last island for lunch with four women making their way to the next access in
their kayaks. We exchanged greetings and wished them well going down stream. We
had a few more canoes and kayaks pass through; all were courteous with
greetings and left us to fish in quiet waters. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">We
continued to move down stream and planned to set camp at the gravel bar below
Little Hurricane Creek. Several powerboats made their way up stream from Turner
Mill. With the stream level at 3.1 feet, it was surely a test of boating skills
to find enough water to keep the boats and props out of the rocks through the
shallow shoals. We could hear the motors from the boats for an hour
before they returned to Turner access downstream.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">The
gravel bar below Hurricane Creek had been washed out with half of the gravel
banks missing. A sycamore tree fell; half submerged in the river and with high
water out of Little Hurricane Creek from recent rains directed the rushing waters to the carry gravel down stream. The river is always changing and it is amazing when we find new spots to fish
or pitch a tent. There was enough space to set two tents with plenty of shade
to get out of the sun. It was late in the afternoon; the tents were set, gear
in place and ready to fish before supper. Bill and I worked our way downstream
through a shoal with large boulders on river left. We found more trout at the
head of the shoal with wading becoming more difficult and catching fewer fish
as we made our way farther downstream. Bill gave a shout out from upstream to
let me know the time; it was near 6 PM. I retreated through the trees and hiked
back to camp taking the Ozark trail a few yards up the nearby hill. The fire
was started and we were waiting for the proper heat; hot coals sear a steak. A clap of thunder was heard, it came out
of the north. The trees behind us made it difficult to see an approaching storm. Another lightning flash and
boom, less than a second apart sounded the alarm. I was convinced a rain was
near. Again, the storm made an appearance and in a short times no longer a
threat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Dinner
was a repeat from the previous night, with steak, potatoes and green beans.
That evening we sat in our chairs, staring at a struggling fire. Since the wood
was very wet, it never did take off and burn. We retired that evening
before 9 PM, with the gentle and softer sounds of the river. Great horn Owls
could be heard in distant hills. Actually, I slept rather soundly this night.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Before I left the campsite, a moment was spent to spread Sean's ashes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sean and I spent a night here the last trip together </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">fishing</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">August 7,
2014 (Thursday): The next morning we were moving after 6:30 AM, coffee on the
stove with breakfast served in short order. We broke camp by 8:30 with Bill
catching trout below Little Hurricane Creek. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Bill picking up a trout from a canoe seat</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">We fished the area to Mary Decker
Shoal for the rest of the morning before stopping at Mary Decker for lunch.
Bill was fishing this area and broke off at the large boulder on river right.
He was convinced a large fish took his fly. I remember Jim Scheve breaking off
at the same spot years ago, leaving him to ponder to the size of the fish.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The shoal above the Cave Hole</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">A group
of canoes and kayaks pulled up beside us. The youth wanted to swim and the
older gentlemen wanted to fish. Bill and I decided to move on down the stream; I wanted to work
the large boulders at Mary Decker shoal. I fished most of the area
to Mary Decker and was able to go river left to fish a pool below the boulders.
There in a pool behind a two-foot rock and I caught a 17-inch rainbow; a photo was
taken and quickly released.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">A trout taken from below Mary Decker shoal</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Bill
caught up with me and we took the canoe through the boulders and fished the
hole before Hurricane Creek and down to the flow of the small creek. In the
past, these waters usually provide good fishing but this day, we did not find a
trout. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Dr Bill Taylor examining scat from an unknown animal</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Our last stop was the shoal above the cave hole. I took a moment to get
a video clip of Sean’s ashes over these waters. I have fond memories of this
spot when Sean waded out to the middle of the rapids and caught a number of
trout and he realized how wonderful it was to fish the Eleven Point River.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Richard’s
Canoe had my truck parked at Turner Mill Access. It was after 4:30 PM when we pulled
the canoe up to the concrete ramp. Within an hour, the truck was packed, the canoe
was on the rack and we were driving the back roads to Hwy 19. Bill wanted to
stop and hike to Greer Spring; this would be his first visit to the spring.
There were thunderheads storms forming to the north, having us to ponder if an
hour hike in and out to the spring was a wise decision. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">We decided to go for it
with several vehicles parked and other visitors on the trail. We started to walk the
trail and continued to hear thunder. Before we made it to the spring, we met
five hikers on their return trip to the parking lot. We made it to the spring
without rain, with darkness creeping on us. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">We spent thirty minutes at the spring
taking photos and exploring the karst terrain. It was 6:30 PM, when we made it
back to the truck. Our next destination was Mountain View to get a dinner
before returning to Springfield.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Bill and
I caught and released twenty rainbow trout. Even with the near ninety degrees
days, the evenings were very pleasant. It seems when I camp and fish the Eleven
Point River, thunderstorms seem to find me there. I do not have a problem with
rain when I fish, but the lightning streaking overhead can be unnerving, especially with
a graphite rod pointing to the sky. The eagles were seen each day flying overhead, well beyond the lens of a camera. There was a number of different species of butterflies sampling nectar from the wild flowers along</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> the river banks.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> It was good the fish the 11 Point River
again, and I hope to return this autumn.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px;">6/20/2014 (Friday): I made arrangements with my daughter (Jenn) and grandson (Desmond) to fish Roaring River State Park. We left Friday afternoon; it was a hot and humid day with very few clouds in the sky. There was a forecast of late afternoon shower. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px;">Our first task once we reached the park was getting tags to fish. Des wanted to checkout the hatchery, raceways and the source of the spring which is a collapsed dome cave. Des enjoyed the large trout in the pool near the spring and watching the MDC employees feeding the fish by hand. After a thirty minute tour, he was ready to fish. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px;">We lined our fly rods, and started with a few dry flies. Des was very patient with us and he tried roll casting from the water’s edge. Des is three and it was difficult getting the mechanics just right. We missed a few with the dry flies and continued downstream. We were looking for an area with shade and we found a spot thirty yards down past the low water bridge near the race ways. Des found many rocks and with his mother’s help built walls and dams next to the water’s edge. I switch to a small jig and found the trout more interested in chasing the moving fly. I would get a set and call Des to help me bring in the trout. We caught two trout and released them back to the water. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px;">It was 5:30 PM, and more people started to line the stream. We decided to call it a day and returned to Springfield. Des is too young to fly fish, hopefully he will discover the passion to be outdoors and find the joy to stand in the water in a few years. Grandpa needs to be patient with Des and let him enjoy the rocks and time wandering along the stream banks.</span><br />
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May 30 - June 1, 2014: </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Warren
Wilkerson, Joe Davis and I had an invitation to attend the MDC program Discover
Nature Women at Lake of the Ozarks, Windermere Baptist Conference Center. This
was the Women’s summer workshop with eight different activities, which included;
Canoeing, camping, compass, hunting, fishing basics, archery, shot gun, and fly
tying. We instructed and demonstrated fly tying for thirty-six women over
the three-day weekend with four classes. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Now it is time to be creative</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">There were some changes from years
past with us starting with the wooly bugger for everyone and making suggestions
to other flies. Some of the women tied five or six patterns; including poppers, jigs, foam ants, Clouser Minnows and hybrid wooly buggers. We used several hundred
hooks and marabou was flying in the air.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">One of a dozen white bass caught and released</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">We did fish Friday night with Warren and Joe taking a powerboat
out into the cove. I walked the shoreline throwing small jigs. I managed to
catch and release a dozen white bass, a foot long crappie and a channel
catfish. Warren and Joe also had success with white bass, catfish and
large-mouth bass all caught on a fly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">On
Saturday, we had two classes and a high level of enthusiasm. One of the class
members (Kathryn) cut a lock of her hair and constructed a Clouser minnow.
Anyone standing outside of the classroom would have thought we were out of
control rowdy class with no one supervising the kids. It was good fun and
everyone had a great time.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">One of the students, cutting a lock of her hair to construct a closer minnow.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">That
evening the MDC provided dinner which was catered by Bandanas, which was very
good. I had an opportunity to talk with Mike Huffman, Outreach and Education
division chief for the MDC; he over sees the Discover Nature programs, one of
his many responsibilities.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">That
evening, Warren, Joe and I fished the point near the marina boat dock wading
from shore. Kevin Lohraff met us later that evening. Warren invited many of the
students and we had sixteen women with us that evening. We provided casting
instruction, a few students fly-fished with us. Kevin worked with three women
and Joe would hand the rod off when he hooked a fish, with a few fish coming to
shore. Warren kept everyone in line with storytelling and explained the virtues
of fly-fishing. Joe managed to catch and release a drum, white bass, walleye
and bluegill. We stayed out until 11 PM, standing in the water with a crescent
moon dropping in the western sky with a few satellites seen in the southern
region. Kevin caught three walleye and I managed a walleye and a few </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">bluegills.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Now it is to whip finish the fly</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Sunday
morning, I met Kevin at the boat Marina where we fished for an hour before
breakfast. Kevin was collecting bluegills on a stringer hoping to get enough
for a meal. I picked up a catfish. After, breakfast, we packed out of out lodge
and set up for the final class. I was stowing away my fly rods and talking with
Joe and Warren when I shut the truck door without thinking and left the cars keys
on the seat and the spare key in the duffle bags inside the cab. I was
up a creek without a paddle. Kevin assisted me and Larry Lindeman had the
skills to figure out how to unlock the door. It was a big relief to see the
truck door unlatched.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">We had a
blast with the class and introducing fly-casting to a few. It was good to see
Regina Knauer who invited us seven years ago to teach the fly tying course.
Warren had her laughing uncontrollably when it was mentioned out toilet was out
of service; Regina taught compass and map reading. Kevin stepped up to help
with casting; he taught the hunting class. Thanks to Larry for the pulling the
lock on the truck, allowing me to drive home. Finally, thanks to Eric Edwards
for the invitation to the Discover Nature Women event. Hope to return next year...<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Ozark Fly-fishinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12610433156271009979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1162990883000317799.post-23081209876272322932014-05-07T11:30:00.002-07:002014-05-12T21:46:34.916-07:00May: White Bass in the OK and MO streams<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">May 1, 2014 (Thursday): I had the opportunity to
attend the Small-mouth Rendezvous (SMR) in Tahlequah Oklahoma. This was my
fourth trip to this event in as many years. I met Jim Knight from Tulsa at
Fish’s BBQ for lunch in Tahlequah. After lunch, we drove to the Illinois River
to fish. Last year we fished the Barren Fork, which is in the same general
area. We caught a few short small-mouth bass and fifteen white bass on a fly.
Jim left at 3 PM and I stayed until 6:30 PM before calling it a day.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Jim Knight looking for a good spot on the Illinois River</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: center;">May 2, 2014 (Friday): I met Jim, Chuck Harrison
and Walter Davis for breakfast at Del Rio. I heard news of the white bass run
in the area, trips to near by rivers, and misadventures. I had the opportunity
to visit with Leonard Brown and Harvey Ragsdale. After, spending a full day at
the SMR. Jim suggested going back to the Illinois River for an evening of
fishing. We covered the same water the night before with fewer hookups. We
fished to 7:30 PM before calling it a day. We decided on pizza for dinner.
There was a suggestion by locals to try “salmonella” pizza down by the college.
I questioned the name thinking, of poorly cooked chicken and turkey. Jim knew
where the place was and we pulled up to “Sam & Ella’s”. Now, I am not sure
if that is a play on word or Sam and Ella are the owners. I did check the
Internet with no history of the restaurant found. It caught my attention. The
pizza was good with slow service. I did stay another day and returned to the
SMR on Saturday. I did help a few people with casting and spent time talking
with others about fishing.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Small mouth bass taken out of the Illinois River</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">May 4, 2014 (Sunday evening): I returned to the
Little Sac River late in the afternoon. I picked up Dr. Wm Taylor and we took
off for Morrisville. Bill and I paddled up to the power lines from Taylor
Bridge. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The conditions have not changed much with the exception the water has
become more dingy with warmer days or the fishermen up stream kicking up the
bottom. We managed to catch white bass in the range 13-17 inches. The spawn was
in full mode and I suspect it is near the end for this stream, maybe to Mother’s
Day before the fish return to the lake. We catch 20-25 fish with 14 fish stored
in a cooler. I have plans for one more trip this week before moving on the
other waters.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">May 8, 2014 (Thursday): </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 17px;">Joe Simecek and I took a trip to the little Sac River. I called the night before to move the time from 2 PM to 8 AM. The weatherman forecast of thunderstorms in the afternoon made us uneasy so we decided to get an early start before the rains hit. There were less people; the water was turbid with a bright sun at 9 AM as we made our way upstream. There was no one else fishing this day, with the white bass spawn nearly over. I went up past the s-curve before making my way back to the power lines with carp breaching but very few white bass moving in the water. Joe and I caught small-mouth bass, line bass, drum, and sunfish with eleven white bass. Five or those white bass were short and returned to the water. I watched the line of thunder storms on the phone and decided to return to the truck at 1:30 PM, just as some heavy clouds started to come in. The storm did not have the impact as predicted with little lightning or hail, but better safe than fishing foolish. The next day rain was a little over an inch but had little runoff; the little sac only had a bump in the gage height 0.15 of a foot. My guess is the white bass run/spawn is over for the little sac river. I will probably look at other streams or go back to the Pot hole for my next trip.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Joe Simecek providing floating service on the Little Sac River</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">April 4, 2014 (Friday): I finally had an opportunity to return to the water to fish. A storm past through the night before with lightning, hail and wind; the wind did blow over a few trees that went across the dirt road at the end of River run near the pot hole. I had to back the truck out after making the discovery and took the kayak to the other side of the Pot Hole to launch it from the west side. </span><br />
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A limit of white bass caught out of the Pot Hole</div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The day was clear and cool; the water was coming through the power house with the lake level at 659 feet. I took to the water and worked the west side and picked up one 14 inch white bass before drifting across to the other side and fishing late afternoon near the road bed. With the shadows coming across the lake, the white bass started to eat my fly and within an hour had a limit of white bass with seven of the fish in the 16-17 inch range. The male white bass were 14-16 inches. It was a nice cooler of white bass with the average size 15.7 inches for the limit. I set up at sun set to take a walleye and hooked an hour after sun set. I taped it at 24 inches. I left the water at 9 PM, since I was scheduled to work at 6 AM. Hope to be back soon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I did see a satellite pass over and researched it at home; it happened to be the International Space station (ISS). It was brighter that the planets flying over at 8:30 PM.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">April 6, 2014 (Saturday): Rod and I returned to the Pot Hole. I carried a chain saw to remove a tree; someone beat me to it with an axe, I did some trimming on the down tree to allow for better access. We place the canoe in the water and checked several spots before getting eight white bass. We did see and talk with Ty Ingram. He found a 22-inch walleye and pulled a few white bass out below us. We quit at 8 PM and returned to Springfield.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">A tree fell across River Run road; it has be cleared and the Pot Hole is accessible again.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The last two trips, 23 white bass were caught with the largest 17 inches with the average size 15.3 inches with a total length of 352 inches. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">April 9,
2014 (Wednesday): Rod and I returned to Bull Shoals. No significant rain fall has fallen. The lake level was at 659
feet with water flowing over the dam. We tried fishing from a canoe near Swan
creek but found the current and prevailing wind blowing us down the lake too
fast to get a fly down. We packed the canoe and went up to the dam. We found
Keith and Myrna Coffey at the Pot Hole, Keith said they fished Beaver creek
earlier with a few white bass caught. Ty Ingram was leaving the water and
reported another walleye for the skillet. Rod and I placed the 17-foot canoe
into the water and fished near the three trees. The whites must have moved out
or we did not have the correct fly. We fished until 8 PM without a bite.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">April 17,
2014 (Thursday): Charlie Erickson and I drove to Morrisville and parked at
Taylor Bridge to fish the Little Sac River. The water level (2.55 feet) was
high enough to go up stream. There was a very low flow (70 cfs) with a few
spots with moving water. Stockton lake level was 868 feet, which is three
feet lower than last year. A forecast of rain did not happen but left the skies
overcast in the afternoon. There were a few other people fishing the area but
we found a spot below the power lines. We managed to get 22 white bass for the
club fish fry, a drum and a few line bass. The white bass were 13.5 inches to
sixteen with one female and the rest males; these are three-year old white
bass.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">April 18,
2014 (Friday): Charlie was not able to return, so Rod and I made it back to the
Little Sac River. We arrived near 4:30 PM and saw several kayaks leaving the
Taylor Bridge area. Several of the fishermen said it was tough finding fish
with last weekend witnessing a stream full of spawning white bass. We had the
water below the power lines to ourselves; a few fishermen passing through in
kayaks and a pair of wandering fishermen. As the day passed to evening, we had
an osprey fly over with a pair of bald eagles an hour later. We manage to get a
few white bass to bite with the fishing better after dark. We caught a sucker,
several small-mouth bass, few small line bass and 21 white bass. We stayed until
8:30 and witnessed two or three Great horn owls stage a vocal contest with
their silhouettes seen on the opposite bank. If there is enough rain to
increase the water flow I would expect the white bass to hand on until Mother’s
day. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">April 23, 2014 (Wednesday): </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Jenn, my daughter wanted a White Bass outing. I took her and Fred Fregin to Taylor Bridge on the Little Sac River and paddled upstream to a location with moving water. We talked with Terry Tanner as we passed him going up stream. He had a good day of catching and was fishing his way back to his vehicle. We found our spot and had a short visit with John Smallwood below the power lines. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The day was sunny with seventy degree temperature. The water level was low with the gage reading 2.5 feet. We did manage to find a few White Bass with Fred hooking and releasing a light weight carp. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">There was a time restriction and we had to be back in Springfield before 5 PM. We left the water with seventeen white bass in the cooler. There is rain in the forecast, hope there is enough the flush this small stream and bring in fresh fish.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Lake level 657.1 ft </span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">March 7, 2014 (Friday): Rod Pennington and I drove late afternoon to
fish the Pot Hole. The lake level was 657.1 feet and no current from the powerhouse.
There was a mild breeze but not enough to provide cover for the fish. There
were a few shad breaking the surface and at dusk trout (probable) taking items
of the surface at mid-lake. Rod took off going down the lake and I walked the roadbed
to fish the points. Needless to say we did not hook up and we fished to 7:30
PM. There was a chill in the air and on our drive home had some rain droplets
on the windshield.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Power Site dam at sunset</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">March 9, 2014 (Sunday): First day of day light savings time. The lake
level is 657.1 feet with no generation through the powerhouse. The lake is flat
with a very light wind. I decided to explore more water and took the kayak. I
parked on the east side and paddled to the west shore to find the shade from
the hill and the setting sun. There were a few shad hitting the surface. I
started with a white 1/80<sup>th</sup> oz. jig trying to pick up any small fish
and did hook and land a seven-inch shiner. I floated the water on the west side
to silver creek and drifted back to the pothole. I finished the night in
the pothole with no hook ups; fishing without a current is difficult.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Rising moon a few days from being a full Moon</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">March 13, 2014 (Thursday): I checked Table Rock Dam and Bull Shoals
dam with water moving at Taneycomo with the lake level reaching 709 feet,
probably operating four generators. I was anticipating a good night of fishing.
I checked the water levels before leaving Springfield and found the water flow
had ceased with Taneycomo going back to 701 feet. When I pulled up to the Pot Hole,
I found some flow through the powerhouse, so I drove to the west side and
unloaded the kayak since the water level was probably at 657.7 feet (up six
inches since my last trip). As soon as I had the kayak in the water with waders
on, the water through the powerhouse stopped with the water flows changed in
the lake. I considered packing up and fishing Beaver Creek but decided to tough
it out. I fished the first point without a hookup. I took to the kayak and
fished the west side wading out into the lake and working a bunny strip without
a take. The shadows began to cover the west side and fished the same area with
purple buck-tail streamer, again no takes. I saw baitfish on the surface and
heard a few large fish splash without actually seeing them. The moon rose over
the east before sunset and the night had plenty of light with moon shadows.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This is my third trip to the pothole without a walleye, the remarks
from Paul Henry would be if no moving water, move on to fish another spot. It
has proven to be true.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I
had a long weekend off from work and took time to fish the Pot Hole below power
site dam on Bull Shoals Lake. The water has been flowing for a week with the
lake level steady at 659 feet. There was water running over the dam all three
days with some water passing through the powerhouse. The water’s edge is ten
feet past the large sycamore tree at the end of River Run lane. You can wade
the roadbed but you will not travel far before it gets too deep.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">March
21, 2014: Friday evening, Rod and I took a seventeen-foot aluminum canoe to
fish the deeper water. We waded and fished the west side with one 15-inch
rainbow trout taken before the walleye hole. Two bait fishermen fishing the
walleye hole took several 3 lbs. trout. Later that evening, we loaded the canoe
and took three walleye after sunset; the largest was 22 inches. We stayed until
8:30 PM before returning to Springfield.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">March
22, 2014: Saturday evening, I drove down alone. I loaded the kayak and fished
the east side. There was plenty of water coming over the dam with a lake level
at 659 feet. The wind was out of the north with the weatherman forecasting some
frozen precipitation Sunday morning with a low forecasted to be 24 degrees. I
stayed until 9:30 PM, with one short walleye returned.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">March
23, 2014: Sunday evening, again I took the kayak. The water conditions were
similar to the past two days; lake level 659 feet water clear. The wind was out
of the east with a light chop on the water. There were a number of fishermen
lined up on the dam wall on the west side. I did see moving fish and took a sixteen-inch
white bass at sunset.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">first white bass of the year</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">With
warmer water, it is my opinion the fishing in the deeper water will bring fish,
unfortunately a boat, canoe, kayak or belly boat will be helpful to get to the
fish. There will be very limited wading this year at the Pot Hole.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Ozark Fly-fishinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12610433156271009979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1162990883000317799.post-46852533209294921582014-02-24T09:43:00.001-08:002014-02-24T09:43:29.552-08:00February: Bull Shoals, Pot Hole and walleye<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Power House at 657.7 feet, counted five rocks from the island</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">February 23, 2014: The water level for Bull Shoals was 657.7 feet. It is difficult to find good wading. There is a spot on the west side for footing but lost a dozen flies to the bottom; the Clousers minnows are too heavy, need to modify the fly for the west side. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">No one fishing the walleye hole, very little room to drive down to the pot hole</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">I looked at Swan Creek. The spot we fished last year looks like good place to start. I saw no working shad so I drove over to Beaver Creek. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Swan Creek up stream from Shadow Rock Park</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">The place to fish at this time is at the bluff hole just below Kissee Mill on Beaver Creek. That is how far the lake level has backed up the water. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beaver Creek below Kissee Mill Park, the bluff hole</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">I finished the evening at the Pot Hole on the east side, I watch a pair of fishermen earlier in the day. One fished the road bed and the other fellow walked up the the power house. There were probably a half dozen fishermen on the west side at the walleye hole at sunset and that many or more up near the power house. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fishing the west side of the Pot Hole</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">My intent was to get as close as possible to the three trees. There was a tree that fell behind the three trees that fell near the third tree. I started below the third tree and was able to get a fly into the pool in front of the three trees. Later, I moved to the space between the 2nd and third tree. I had to stand on the root of the 2nd tree to get to waist deep water instead of chest deepwater wading out to the trees. I picked up a 23-inch walleye thirty minutes after sunset and probably lost a small trout a little later. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First walleye of 2014, 23-inches</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">There was very little surface activity from working shad, saw two trout break the surface at sunset. Hope to make another trip within a week.</span><br />
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Ozark Fly-fishinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12610433156271009979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1162990883000317799.post-12969114099952936862014-02-09T07:05:00.000-08:002014-02-12T10:49:51.438-08:00February: Last weekend for Catch and Release at State Parks<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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February 8, 2014: I made a 140 mile round trip to Roaring River State Park.
The Cassville area received several inches more snow than Springfield with the
roads in the park snow covered. I fished the fly only area at the end of the
park with the trout active on the surface. They seem to be dimpling for midges
and occasionally taking my #20 BWO dry fly. The day was at the freezing mark with
ice forming in my guides most of the day. I did take a moment to spread some of
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<span style="text-align: left;">February 9, 2014: Rod and I fished Bennett Spring State
Park. The roads were clear with a few inches of snow on the ground all the way
from Springfield to the park. The day was over cast with a north wind. We
started to fish at 11 AM with small blue wing olive (BWO) emerging with mayfly duns on the surface for four hours. The temperatures were below freezing with ice in
the guides all day long. The cold temperatures made it hard for the mayflies to
leave the water and were on the menu for the feeding trout. I made a switch
using #20 parachute BWO patterns, which proved to be productive. Rod fished
last Sunday and said it was an outstanding day. The catching was good with Rod
and I releasing from hand 31 rainbow trout. For most of the day, we had the
water above the dam to ourselves. </span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">For a short period four fellows made there
way down near us and finally on of them fell into the water. I am sure that did
not feel good. There is one day left for catch and release and I will finish at
Bennett Spring SP tomorrow and stay for the pre season Bennett Spring meeting.</span><br />
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February 10, 2014: This was the last day for catch and
release season at the state parks. A fresh snow of two inches fell at 7 AM in
Springfield, with side streets snow covered. I left the pickup behind and took
the RAV4; it has all wheels drive and travels easily over snow covered roads.
I-44 was clear with a few wet spots and several MODOT trucks and blades working
the shoulders and side roads. I did exit 118 (Phillipsburg) and found Hwy A
snow covered and Hwy OO to Bennett Spring in the same condition. The park was
had no other fishermen when I started to fish with another fellow coming in an
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The wind was from the north blowing up stream with a cold fog.
There was a mayfly and a white midge hatch on the water. The trout seem to be
targeting the midges with the heads of the trout coming straight out of water
to feed. It was 1 PM and the blue wing olive (BWO) hatch was in large numbers.
The BWO duns were not able to leave the water and would float long distances
before taken by a trout. Again, I saw not see a dun leave the water, my guess
too cold. By 3 PM, most of the activity had passed, with the waters calm from
dimpling trout, but the cold wind continued to blow up stream. I fished to the
sound of the horn at 4 PM, and the end of the season came to past. I managed to
release sixteen trout from hand the many missed. The opening of catch and
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