Fishing Report

How's Fishing? I would have to say we have had a pretty good week of fishing. Met several happy anglers this week who reported they did very well. A variety of different flies and lures were used by anglers this week and seemed to be working well. In zone 1 and 2, I would have to say a majority of the angler were reporting the glo ball was the key to their success. The old Jimi Hindrix glo ball  and the Peach Glo ball drifted with an indicator was working great. Another great jig this week was not just the cream but the white mopfly also drifted with an indicator. We had a couple of folks come up and wanted to venture up into zone 1 and zone 2. They used their spinning rods with a weighted bobber and an assortment of mopflies and glo balls. They later came up with some nice stringers.  The yellow hackle with a spinner worked great for anglers this week. 

I hope everyone enjoys the weekend. Good Luck, be safe and we'll see you on the stream!

Stream conditions

Bennett Spring- Gage Height 1.95 feet- https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/06923500/#parameterCode=00065&period=P7D

Niangua River-- Gauge Height 2.17- feet https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/06923250/#parameterCode=00065&period=P7D

Recommendations

Zone 1 or 2

white floss jig
John Deere
Jimi Hendrix, peach- Glo-Balls
Marabou - peach & white, black and yellow,  black & red, red and white, or brown & yellow, or green and yellow 

caddis

cahill
Bennett Blue or olive Crackleback
Wooly Buggers- olive, brown
mop flies - white, orange, green, cream

orange or red brassie

peach fur bug

Zone 3
Salmon Peach PowerBait

Fluorescent Orange Powerbait
Glitter White Powerbait
Fluorescent Orange Powerbait Nuggets

Lunkers:

Darryl Cooper from Albany, MO- 2 pounds with a black and yellow RT in z2

Cody Hughes from Lenexa, KS- pounds with a crackleback in zone 2

Bill Hampton from Festus, MO- 2.5 pounds with a pink glo ball in zone 1

Brian Larson from Fulton, MO-2.5 pounds with a super duper in zone 2

Kaleb Kaiser from Camdenton, Mo- 2 pounds with a glowball in zone 2

Kelly Kaiser from  from Camdenton- 4.8 pounds with a light pink marabou in zone 1

James Pettit from Jefferson City, Mo- 3.25 pounds with a shrimp in zone 3

Jeff Cunningham from Higbee, Mo - 3.25 pounds with a cream mopfly in zone 1

Terry Klamert from Imperial, Mo- 2.25 pounds with a Rooster Tale in zone 1

Kyle Pitman from Eldon, Mo- 3.5 pounds with a mini jig in zone 2

Jason Gardner from Troy, Mo- 3.25 pounds with a brown jig in zone 2

Jim Stine from St. Joseph, Mo 2.5 pounds with Tan PowerBait in zone 3

Jack Vernonshaw from Harrisburg, Mo- 4.5 pounds with a bead in zone 2

David Kennedy from Desloge, Mo-2.47 pounds with homemade dough bait in zone 3

David Bloom from Richmond, Mo- 2 pounds with a blue Rooster Tale in zone 1

Kathy Yardley from Blue Springs, Mo-2.5 pounds with a  white jig in zone 1

Charley from Crystal City, Mo-2.25 pounds with red wire in zone 1

David Kennedy from Desloge, Mo- 2.25 pounds with dough bait in zone 3

Jodi Harris from Doe Run, Mo-3.75 pounds with a marabou jig in zone 1

Giovanni Biscari from KC, MO-2.75 pounds with a white jig in zone 2

Fishing Hours

May  6:30am-8:15pm
June 6:30am-8:30pm
July 6:30am-8:30pm
August 7:00am-8:00pm
September 7:30-7:15pm
October 7:30-6:30pm

Events
Bennett Spring Fly Tying Group- Every Wednesday @ 9 at the Bennett Spring Church

June 27th and 28th-Weed Cutting

August 8th and 9th Weed Cutting
September 19th and 20th Weed Cutting
September 30th Ladies Free Fishing Day
October 14th Holland Cancer Derby
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I hope everyone has a safe weekend.
Thanks for reading,
Cory Bennett