Bennett Spring State Park, Missouri

On Jun 27, 7:34*am, Guy wrote:
I will have a coouple of evenings to fish Bennett Springs week after
next. Has anyone had any experience there they would share with me?


Head 150 miles south east and fish the 11-Point-River at Alton, Mo.
More better.
Frank Reid

On Jun 27, 10:23*pm, Frank Reid wrote:
On Jun 27, 7:34*am, Guy wrote:

I will have a coouple of evenings to fish Bennett Springs week after
next. Has anyone had any experience there they would share with me?

Head 150 miles south east and fish the 11-Point-River at Alton, Mo.
More better.
Frank Reid

Yeah...on one of those 2 evenings he has available? I will be on the
11 pt in 2 weeks and won't go unless I have 3 full days minimum.

Yeah...on one of those 2 evenings he has available? *I will be on the
11 pt in 2 weeks and won't go unless I have 3 full days minimum.

Haven't we all done those "evenings" at one point or another?
Frank Reid

On Jun 27, 10:45*pm, Frank Reid wrote:
Yeah...on one of those 2 evenings he has available? *I will be on the
11 pt in 2 weeks and won't go unless I have 3 full days minimum.

Haven't we all done those "evenings" at one point or another?
Frank Reid

Maybe so...
We left at 2:30 am to head out - my youngest son and I - to be able to
have a full day on a stream recently. Met my oldest son on the road
just coming home. I told him he was the saner one of the bunch. It
was a great day of fishing as they almost always are.

Hell, when my wife dragged me to this state I didn't even know a trout
existed within its borders. Having lived my whole life up until now in
places where I never lived more than a mile from a great trout stream
(Yampa in Colorado and Tonsina, Gulkana, and Klutina in
Alaska...tributaries of the Copper), I have had to adjust my
standards. So I get ****y when people get righteous about what
qualifies as a "fish" or what good fishing is. As soon as I stopped
bitching about being here and started figuring out what opportunities
existed, it's been good.

Thank you Gentleman.....hm.hm.
I apprecaite the info. Yes, I have had to lower my expectations due to
the location I live now. 3 1/2 hours to the closest stockers - 14 or
15 hours to SE Colorado. I will check out the small mouth while in MO.
I'm just a trout/steelie type of guy.
Guy

Thank you Gentleman.....hm.hm.
I apprecaite the info. Yes, I have had to lower my expectations due to
the location I live now. 3 1/2 hours to the closest stockers - 14 or
15 hours to SE Colorado. I will check out the small mouth while in MO.
I'm just a trout/steelie type of guy.

If you're in the black hole formed by Kansas, Nebraska and SW Iowa,
then you have my sympathies. Otherwise, I can probably find you
something just as fun as trout/steelies.
Frank Reid

Family-Outdoors wrote:
...
Hell, when my wife dragged me to this state I didn't even know a trout
existed within its borders. Having lived my whole life up until now in
places where I never lived more than a mile from a great trout stream
(Yampa in Colorado and Tonsina, Gulkana, and Klutina in
Alaska...tributaries of the Copper), I have had to adjust my
standards. So I get ****y when people get righteous about what
qualifies as a "fish" or what good fishing is. As soon as I stopped
bitching about being here and started figuring out what opportunities
existed, it's been good.

If anyone here is guilty of righteous "fishism" it's you and Guy.
In elevating the trout, even flaccid, stupid, phony trout, to some
revered status you're dissing some really fine fly fishing right
in your own backyard.

I fish for trout because trout live in beautiful places. Trout
fishing for me is as much about the gorgeous places it takes me
as about the fish itself.

As for that "****y" thing you've got going, try Midol.

--
Ken Fortenberry

On Jun 29, 7:40*am, Ken Fortenberry
wrote:
Family-Outdoors wrote:
...
Hell, when my wife dragged me to this state I didn't even know a trout
existed within its borders. Having lived my whole life up until now in
places where I never lived more than a mile from a great trout stream
(Yampa in Colorado and Tonsina, Gulkana, and Klutina in
Alaska...tributaries of the Copper), I have had to adjust my
standards. *So I get ****y when people get righteous about what
qualifies as a "fish" *or what good fishing is. *As soon as I stopped
bitching about being here and started figuring out what opportunities
existed, it's been good.

If anyone here is guilty of righteous "fishism" it's you and Guy.
In elevating the trout, even flaccid, stupid, phony trout, to some
revered status you're dissing some really fine fly fishing right
in your own backyard.

I fish for trout because trout live in beautiful places. Trout
fishing for me is as much about the gorgeous places it takes me
as about the fish itself.

As for that "****y" thing you've got going, try Midol.

--
Ken Fortenberry

I agree about enjoying the beautiful places that trout fishing can
take you...but you could go wipe your candy ass in any of those places
as well as fish it, so it does have something to do with the fish or
fishing at least.

Who said I am missing that fly fishing (assuming you meant smallmouth)
anyway...I just don't enjoy it as much or write about it. Besides
Ken, as you should know having once spent a fair amount of time in
this area, during Summer months, the Current and Meramec are complete
madhouses (equally redneck and obnoxious as the bait area of a trout
park) and at least in my opinion, not much fun to fish. If fishing
for smallmouth, even the Jacks Fork is pretty bad this time of
year...and that leaves the Niangua and Eleven-Point that come to
mind. I am fishing the Eleven-Point in a couple of weeks which I
already mentioned and in addition to trout, I will fish smallmouth.

I think you meant I should try Preparation H because what's making me
****y is a pain in my ass

Family-Outdoors wrote:
Ken Fortenberry wrote:
Family-Outdoors wrote:
...
Hell, when my wife dragged me to this state I didn't even know a trout
existed within its borders. Having lived my whole life up until now in
places where I never lived more than a mile from a great trout stream
(Yampa in Colorado and Tonsina, Gulkana, and Klutina in
Alaska...tributaries of the Copper), I have had to adjust my
standards. So I get ****y when people get righteous about what
qualifies as a "fish" or what good fishing is. As soon as I stopped
bitching about being here and started figuring out what opportunities
existed, it's been good.
If anyone here is guilty of righteous "fishism" it's you and Guy.
In elevating the trout, even flaccid, stupid, phony trout, to some
revered status you're dissing some really fine fly fishing right
in your own backyard.

I fish for trout because trout live in beautiful places. Trout
fishing for me is as much about the gorgeous places it takes me
as about the fish itself.

As for that "****y" thing you've got going, try Midol.

I agree about enjoying the beautiful places that trout fishing can
take you...but you could go wipe your candy ass in any of those places
as well as fish it, so it does have something to do with the fish or
fishing at least. ...

What you call "candy ass" I refer to as "conservative wading".
Ken's cardinal rule of wet wading: "Thou shalt at all times
keepeth dry thy family jewels". But you're not the first one
to call it candy ass although you're the only one to do so
without first having fished with my candy ass. What I'm saying
about beautiful places is that if carp lived there, I'd fish
for carp.

I think you meant I should try Preparation H because what's making me
****y is a pain in my ass

Too much information, *WAY* too much information. Please keep
your rectal problems to yourself.

--
Ken Fortenberry