Deep Hollows of the Ozarks

Ed's been traveling and writing lately, and he put together a cool blog about the Ozarks of Missouri and Arkansas. He covers everything from civil war cannons to crawdads. If anyone knows the Ozarks region, it's Ed. He's set up float trips on just about every floatable stream in Missouri. (Did you know that floatable is not a word, according to spellcheck.) Josh and I went on a float trip a few weeks ago, and we luckily found our way to the river, but it wasn't easy without Ed telling us where to turn. Well anyway, check out Ed's blog, Deep Hollows.

HELLO! (Hello! hello hello).   Is any body here? (here here here)

Water Levels

It looks like we'll have no shortage of water.  Hopefully, the rain will let off that last week before Memorial Day.

There is a breeze from the south.  The air and waters are warming.  The fisherman feels it on his flesh and in his brain.  The fish feel it in their gills and in their stomaches.  In three weeks its going to be On like Smallie Kong.

I Heart the Jack's Fork

The Jack's Fork is my new favorite river.  I like it even better than the Eleven Point even though it lacks trout.  Heck, I like the Jack's Fork more than I like my wife.  (Just kidding, Kerri.)

The Eleven Point is awesome.  It has trout and good water levels year round, and the Jack's Fork has neither of those qualities.  So why is it my favorite river right now?  I think it's the smallmouth.  Yep. It's definitely the smallmouth. 

My Plan

So, my plan is to come down on Sunday morning (early!).  I expect Jeff and Gentry and maybe Russell will have already been on the river for a day or so.  I'm not sure about Josh.  I think Drew and Matt should come too, but I don't know what their plans are.

I think it will be best for any of us coming down Sunday to already have our canoe, maybe mine if it is up for it, so we don't have to take time getting rentals and getting transported to the river.  We'll have to figure out where to meet up at.   What if you guys put in at the Prongs on Saturday morning and then we met up around Buck Hollow on Sunday morning?  Then we could take camp at Jam up or somewhere around there Sunday night and take out at Rymers on Monday.  I think that would be about 5 miles a day which I think would be an excellent fishing pace.

Yar hardy hardily ho!  Har yar harr harr, harr yarr dardily do ho ho.

Matt wants access, Russell.  Give it to him again and maybe he'll use it this time.

Yar freakin har

Yardy Hardy Har Har Har

Ye hardies yo! Yar har har! Yo ho ho and a bottle of arrrr! Maties, we be yar har hardy ho! AAArrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

Yar Har!  We be back! And it be time for another outing.  

Jack's Fork.  Memoriall Day weekend.  We'll be rondayvooing at vareyus times and from at leest four reejons so we need to get organized.  An unorganized pirate is a poor pirate.