Fishing Report
Brayden, Brad and Todd from St. Louis
Hows fishing? Fishing has been awesome this week. Yes, I said awesome even with the higher and murky water. We have had so many people come up this week and say this has been some of the best fishing they have ever had. Now a few people on the stream might have different opinions but for the most part, I would say its been a good week. I was able to get down to the stream with my buddy “poor ol Jeff Arn’s” and we had a great morning. We fished up in zone 1 and caught several fish. Any guesses on what we caught them on, If you guessed the “cream mop fly,” you were correct. I was running it deep and nowhere near the middle. Running it closer to the bank was pretty effective and not in the fast water. The key was definitely getting it down deep.
Danae Shinski from Olathe, Kansas
Last week was a good week for pink and so has this week. Pink mops and mini jigs did pretty well. Glo balls in shrimp pink, Tri Color Original and Jimi Hendricks. In the Rooster Tail selection, the pink, white or orange were working well for several anglers. Just regular night crawlers were also very effective this week as we had several customers come up and get them for zone three.
We’ve has several calls asking about stream condition. The water is flowing pretty good in the middle but is getting clear every day. It is very fishable even when it gets out the banks a bit. We do have some rain in the forecast this weekend but it shouldn’t be enough to change the levels much. I hope everyone has an awesome week. Good luck, be safe and as always, we’ll see you on the stream.
BENNETT SPRING gage height 2.44 feet
https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/06923500/#parameterCode=00065&period=P7D
NIANGUA RIVER gage height 2.74 feet https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/06923250/#dataTypeId=continuous-00065-0&period=P7D
Recommendations
Zone 1 and Zone 2- Marabou- black, orange, black & yellow, white & red and shell & white Mopfly- Cream, orange and Chartreus
Cream Mop, Pink Mop, White Mega worm, Pink Mega worm
zebra Midge-black, olive
Grey Scud
Mini jigs-Peach or cream Fur Bug John Deere mini jig and Bedspread mini jig- white thread jig and the peacock mini jig with tail
White, pink, glitter pink Rooster Tail.
Glow balls orange, Jimi Hendrix, white, peach and the tri colored orgininal
Zone 3-Orange Spark PowerBait and Salmon Peach PowerBait- White PowerBait, Rainbow Powerbait
Pautzke’s Red label Salmon Eggs
Bennett Spring Events
Bennett Spring Fly Tying Group- Every Wednesday @ 9 at the Bennett Spring
Kids Free Fishing -May 3rd
See https://mostateparks.com/events/park/bennett-spring-state-park for more Bennet Spring Events and dates
Have fun, stay safe and tight lines!
Thanks for reading,
Cory
The Guy from Weaver’s