Fishing Report 10/9/2019
How's Fishing?
Fishing has been good. The stream is low and clear with a bounty of beautiful trout in its flow. The cooler weather makes for excellent fishing all day. Those of you fishing with marabou are having good luck on a variety of colors especially black and yellow or straight black. This applies whether fishing a spinning rod or fly rod. Cracklebacks, Renegades, or Griffiths Gnats are a great choice for dry fly action right now. If you would rather fish under an indicator Hopper Dropper set-ups, Mopflies/Megaworms, or the mini jig (John Deere) of your choice is always good! See you on the stream!
Of Interest:
CLARENCE HOLLAND FISHING DERBY~Bennett Spring State Park
10/12/2019 TO 10/13/2019
EVENT TIMES:
7:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m., Saturday
7:30 a.m - 10:30 a.m., Sunday
This memorial fishing derby begins on Saturday and ends on Sunday at 10:30 a.m. Mr. Holland was a previous park hatchery superintendent at the park who died from cancer in 1977. For a small donation, participants can enter the derby. All donations will go to the American Cancer Society.
Registration is open to the public. Prizes for tagged fish will be held on Sunday at 10:30 a.m. at the historic CCC dining lodge. Drawings for additional prizes will also occur at that time.
Water Conditions
Bennett Spring
October 8, 2019
Gage house level is 2.00 feet
Daily Discharge levels:
All discharge numbers are in Cubic Feet per Second
minimum was 79.9 in 2017
25th percentile is 96
Current level is 122
Median is 110
Mean is 131
75th percentile is 132
Max was 466 in 1987
Niangua River
October 8, 2019
Gage House reading (water level) is 1.12 feet.
Discharge levels in cubic feet per second:
Minimum was 19.0 in 1993
25th percentile is 32
Median is 53
Today's reading is 102
75th percentile is 87
Mean is 170
record high max was 1610 in 1995
What's Working?
From the Fly Case
Black or Brown Caddis
Pale Evening Dun
Renegade
Copper Johns
Wooly Buggers-olive
Zebra Midges
Beetles
Ants
Red Cracklebacks
Pale Yellow Cracklebacks
Bennett Blue Cracklebacks
Copper Hot Shots
RGN's-light olive, brown
Zone 1 or 2
Mopflies- cream, pink, white, brown, olive
Megaworms-pink and white, red, white, orange, pink
Bedspread jig
Brown or black Roaches
Bumblebee mini jigs
Gray John Deere
Yellowtail John Deere
John Deere
White mini jigs
White, brown, orange, red thread jigs
Apricot Supreme with red dot Glo-balls
Chartreuse with red dot Glo-balls
Original Tricolor Glo-balls
White with cerise dot Glo-balls
Easter Egg Glo-balls
Jimi Hendrix Glo-balls
Peach Fur Bugs
Marabou - black and yellow, olive and black, ginger, gingersnap, orange and black, pink, orange and white, Crawdad tricolor-(orange, brown, and green), Tequila Sunrise, orange, black and white, black
Rooster Tails - Clyde, Tinsel Shad, Orange Tiger, Tinsel Leech, Glitter Flame, Rocket Red Spot
Zone 3
Lucky Lady worms-pink, white, orange and white, mint, red and white, black and yellow
Hatchery Pellet Powerbait
Yellow Powerbait
Orange Powerbait
Marshmallow White Powerbait
Pink Powerbait
Rainbow Powerbait
White Powerbait
Salmon Peach Powerbait
Powerbait Power Eggs pink, orange, or white
White or Gold Trout Magnets
Minnows
Salmon Eggs
Worms
Fishing Times
BEGIN
END
OCTOBER
7:30 A.M.
6:30 P.M.
Weather Forecast
Thursday: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 77. South wind 13 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Friday: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 7am, then a chance of showers between 7am and 1pm. Cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with a high near 49. Wind chill values as low as 36. West wind 11 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday: Widespread frost before 7am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 59.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 66.
Columbus Day: Sunny, with a high near 72.
Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 69.
Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 62.
Windyville MO
37.72°N 92.92°W (Elev. 1024 ft)
Lunker Club
10/2/2019
Elvin Farquhar from Boonville, MO 2 pounds in zone 3 on orange sparkle powerbait
10/4/2019
Gary Schneider from Troy, MO 2 3/4 pounds in zone 2 on a black and olive marabou
Devin Dippold from Russelville, MO 2 pounds in zone 1 on a John Deere
Ashton Schulz from Ottawa, KS 2 1/2 pounds in zone 1 on a San Juan worm
10/5/2019
Harrison Eubanks from Springfield, IL 2 1/2 pounds in zone 3 on a pink and white Lucky Lady worm
Jeremy Maddox from New Cambria, MO 2 1/2 pounds in zone 3 on a minnow
Felix Owens from Chesterfield, MO 2 1/4 pounds in zone 1 on a white and red jig
Nick Piper from Olathe, KS 4 pounds in zone 2 on a pink Bead
Hagen Stevenston from Harrisonville, MO 3 pounds in zone 1 on a white jig
Calendar of Events
CLARENCE HOLLAND FISHING DERBY~Bennett Spring State Park
10/12/2019 TO 10/13/2019
EVENT TIMES:
7:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m., Saturday
7:30 a.m - 10:30 a.m., Sunday
This memorial fishing derby begins on Saturday and ends on Sunday at 10:30 a.m. Mr. Holland was a previous park hatchery superintendent at the park who died from cancer in 1977. For a small donation, participants can enter the derby. All donations will go to the American Cancer Society.
Registration is open to the public. Prizes for tagged fish will be held on Sunday at 10:30 a.m. at the historic CCC dining lodge. Drawings for additional prizes will also occur at that time.
10/31/2019
EVENT TIME: 10 A.M. - 11 A.M.
SPECTACULAR SLITHERING SNAKES BENNETT SPRING STATE PARK LEBANON, MO
Snakes are some of the most misunderstood and undervalued creatures on Earth. Come explore these reptiles and learn about their anatomy, what they eat and where they live. Live snakes will be present. Meet at the nature center.
Trout Season Season Ends
Thursday, October 31, 2019
Anglers also have the opportunity to catch and release trout during the winter fishing season. Bennett Spring Trout Park is open for catch-and-release fishing only from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday from the second Friday in November thru the second Monday in February. For 2019, fishing will start on November 8 and end on February 10, 2020. During catch-and-release season, only flies may be used and all fish must be released unharmed immediately.
There is a list at https://mostateparks.com/events/park/bennett-spring-state-park that gives all the details of other activities, such as hikes that are going on at Bennett Spring State Park through out the year.
Quote of the Week
If, as I suspect, trout fishing is something of a disease, then it is also something of a therapy in itself.
Author:
Tom Sutcliffe
Thanks for reading,
Devin