Got any Great Missouri Stream or River Fishing Photos to Share?

David Mann, outdoor writer and University of Missouri journalism student, is writing a comprehensive stream and river fishing guide to Missouri.  This edition will detail not just the streams that normally get covered, but also some of the more out of the way places found around the state.  It will for example, cover many streams and rivers of northern Missouri which rarely get much coverage.

He is asking outdoorsmen and women to consider contributing any photos they might have to his cause. While we have collected an extensive number of photos, there are some streams and rivers for which perhaps we have spent too much time fishing and too little time taking pictures.

If you have any photos you'd be willing to send to this cause, please email us at either pamanniii@gmail.com or support@family-outdoors.com. We have been informed that we will need to send a release that essentially states we can use the photo in any way and that you expect no compensation in return.  We will of course credit photographers in captions if you wish.

Your help is greatly appreciated.

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Missouri Walleye Fishing

Image via WikipediaOn often overlooked fishing pursuit in Missouri is the walleye species.  We have enjoyed our walleye trips, but have had a hard time finding good information on the various places to go.  Family-Outdoors has put together a pretty nice piece on Missouri walleye fishing.  They have covered seven lakes and three rivers and streams.  There are certainly a few other walleye fishing destinations in the Show-Me-State, but this certainly will give the fisherman a good idea of some good walleye fishing spots.

They also cover tips and specifics of where on the bodies of water to go.  You will even find a nice (if short) video on walleye fishing at Bull Shoals, which was produced by Cabelas.

Winter Fishing Blues

Image via WikipediaMaybe it's too early to be getting forlorn about there not being enough to do outdoors, but there might be some advantage in doing some planning for Spring and Summer fishing trips.  In reality, we love fishing the Ozarks streams and even trout parks during the Winter when the crowds are non-existent.

We have made a downloadable fishing calendar from January through August of 2011.  Maybe a fun activity would be to download it and write in some potential fishing dates.

We at Family-Outdoors are working on a public access fishing resource right now.  I have worked on counties alphabetically through Mississippi County as of this December 18, 2010 writing.  I have them organized by county, so if you want to find all (at some point it really shall be nearly all of them) the fishing spots in a certain county, you can look through these, find out what species are present, and plan accordingly.  A couple of other Family-Outdoors Resources are Smallmouth Central and Missouri Trout Fishing.

Smallmouth Fishing's Best Kept Secret - The Gasconade River of Missouri

Gasconade River

By Davidson Manning

The Gasconade River that flows through the northern Ozarks of Missouri is a fisherman's paradise in every sense of the expression. It is widely considered to be one of the nations best smallmouth bass streams. It is both a good place to catch and release twenty Bronzebacks, or specifically target lunker bass in the three to four pound range. The smallmouth fishing is best from the river's humble beginnings in Wright County until Jerome. There are a lot of big bass in this part of the river, and the overall numbers are ample.

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The entire river also holds catfish, rock bass, and bluegill. It is a great floating stream, and has many springs that flow into it that cause it to be navigable all year. The upper river is a medium sized or even small stream, but because of the streams such as the Osage Fork River, the Woods Fork River, the Big Piney River, Little Piney Creek, and Roubidoux Creek, the river is quite large by Ozark stream standards by the time it reaches the Missouri in Gasconade County.

The river is quite different below Jerome. It slowly becomes a largemouth bass river, probably the best stream largemouth fishery in the region, with five to seven pound bass relatively routine. Largemouths tend to hold in the warmer backwaters. There are also smallmouths in the lower river. They tend to stay in the main current where the water is colder and there is more oxygen. Catfish, rock bass, and bluegill can be found nearly anywhere. Because it has so many tributaries, the lower river can be silty at times, but it usually runs clear and is pretty. The Gasconade has far too many access points to begin naming them, but suffice it to say you will have no trouble finding a place to fish.

If you go to the Gasconade, you should also think of fishing the Woods Fork, Osage Fork, and Big Piney River for Smallmouth. If you want trout, hit Little Piney Creek, Mill Creek, Spring Creek, or Roubidoux Creek, all of which flow into the middle Gasconade directly or indirectly. In all, the Gasconade is well worth the trip if you like to catch smallmouth bass. If you need to get a canoe shuttle on the middle Gasconade or the Big Piney River, the Route 66 Canoe Rental can help you.

Davdison Manning is an avid outdoorsman spending over 100 days per year pursuing his passion for fishing, many of them in the Ozarks of Missouri and Arkansas. He details many of his favorite spots on his website Family-Outdoors where he has information on camping and hunting as well as fishing. Specifically, he has articles on a myriad of places and techniques. Consider reading his article Smallmouth Bass Fishing in Missouri where he provides additional tips on places and techniques for bornzebacks in the Show-Me state.

His other pursuits include many days spent in the field camping and hunting. Davidson loves to share his knowledge of the outdoors in the hope of helping others to find their own connection to the outdoors.

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