I am leaving on sunday to south west Missouri for a month to start up a paper bag plant,does anybody have any info on what kind of fishing there is this time of year in that area.thanks

Dont know Chris, but when you get back
"Show Me"
Have a nice Trip.

Chris, I don't know squat about fishing in Missouri but I am interested in sharing your experience if you'll allow. You see my father who passed when I was 5 while serving our country in Vietnam was stationed in Missouri when I was born.
My mother helped to instill some of his favoritisms in my brother and I with tales of his fishing and hunting adventures. My father was raised mostly surviving on the fruits of the land in Black River Falls Wisconsin. He was only blessed with being afforded a recurve bow and wood arrows as a youngster. As my mother tells it 3 years in Missouri, 1 in Wisconsin before being shipped off were golden times for my father. The thought of my father having a happy wife(when not paying the consequences for abusing his outdoor privileges), 3 small children and his love for fishing and hunting gives me comfort in knowing that his shortened life was a good one. Before transfering to Vietnam my father trained at Ft. Lewis and told my mother who was in Germany with us that in the event he wasn't coming back to raise us in Washington which she did alone on his word. While bowhunting the vast expanses of Ft. Lewis I often experience a closeness to his spirit
often times leaving me with the need to learn more. I do not have the benefit of interacting with anyone other than my mom to get a greater feel about the kind of man he was or what he experienced while in the outdoors. His obsession for fishing and hunting lives on in my brother and I. I would give anything for a day out in the DB chasing steel...just the three of us!

Pictures and thoughts on fishing Missouri would benifit me in learning more about those golden years. I am happy in knowing that my father would be proud of the fact that his spirit lives on in me!

FJ...out.

BLUE CATS!!!!!!!!!!
and pre spawn bass r comin up soon good luck
(blue cat record i believe is 112 lbs)
so go and show the south what your made of!!!!!!

That should put you near Branson Missouri. That part of the country has some of the best trout fishing in the country.

I would spend my time around Lake Tanneycomo, and Bull Shoals, which is just over the border in to Arkansas. The world record brown trout was caught out of the Little Red river, which is a tail race fishery below the dam system. That brute of a fish weighed in at over 40 pounds. With populations of 3500 to 4500 per mile, you should be able to muster up a bite.

Lots of the locals fish with red worms, crawfish, power bait, corn, sculpins for hatchery rainbows and browns. Spinners and rapalas work real well when they generate power, and the river comes up 5 or 6 feet. PAY ATTENTION TO RISING WATER WHILE WADING. It goes from dead calm to a raging torrent in just and hour or so. Mix of wild and hatchery fish. If you are a bug rod guy, try small olove wooly buggers (size 8 and 10) and sowbugs (size 12-16).

My parents live in Norfork Arkansas on the confluence of the White and Norfork rivers. Not uncommon to see 20 pound browns in 10 feet of water. The water is crystal clear, and those babies look like submarines. Shouldn't have a problem banking a 5 pound plus fish if you work at it a little. There is a fly shop in Mountain Home Arkansas that can help you out with more specific questions. Look them up in the yellow pages. If you are looking for a guide, Lonnie Cox is a good one, and is based out of the Cotter Campground in Cotter Arkansas. Hope this helps.