Now was the time to canoe

[Purebred Redneck]

Well I've been gone for a few days.

I always wanted to float this trout river in Southern Missouri but during the summer they float 1000 canoes on the weekend and 500 on the weekday. That's about 1 per minute and you can't fish like that !

But during a weekday in october, that's a different story. I floated 4 miles in 7 hours and only had 4 other canoes go by all day long. That was the first time fishing that water and I didn't know what to expect. The Little Cleo got about 18-20 trout though. Two fish were about 15-16" long.

I was too cheap to buy the 7 dollar trout stamp so I had to throw them all back ;D


The next day though I went to the "trout park" where you had to pay in advance so I kept 4 there
I guess I caught about 12 in 3 hours. I hate watching a bobber and jig

[Jack]

Sounds like a good trip, Red.

[jmarriott]

Not enough rain here to canoe. If would be a hike hauling a canoe.

[jimiowa]

Hmm? That would not fly in Iowa!
If your fishing Trout water you better have a license and trout stamp. Regardless of whether your releaseing them or not!

Glad you had a good time just the same.

[Purebred Redneck]

We have to watch the regulations depending on what rivers and stretches of rivers we fish.

To really dumb it down (this is not the full regulations), they rank the trout rivers
Blue - best / trophy
Red - good
White - pretty much "put and take"

I was in the white area so I didn't need to have anything to catch and release. Some waters you would have to have it.

[jmarriott]

Nothing like a good fall float.

[jimh]

Red you fished the Current did you?

[Purebred Redneck]

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