Road Trip

[Lord of the Fly , Rods]

After I replied to Keith Owens Discussion on "Way Deep and Real Muddy"  I suggested he take a Road Trip to escape the local water conditions ,I started to think  Where would I take a RoadTrip to satisfy my bluegill fishing cravings. If I had to stay in my own State of Arkansas I think I would have to  go to Merrisac Lake, Lake Conway,  or Millwood Lake down in the southwest corner of the state, if I wanted to go out of state I would make a bee line down to Louisiana to the Achafalya basin "down by Shooter"  and the bayou  of the "Old River  around New Roads Louisiana. So my question is " if you were to take a Road Trip  where would you like to go  to get to greener pastures?

[bluegillboogieman]

I'm headed for the Crappy Cabin soon as I get peed on by a 10 or better, your treat!

[Lord of the Fly , Rods]

Hope you get one soon, but I always point them away from me so I don't get peed on, this one was 10 inches and he weighed more before he started peeing, I know he dosen't look 10 inches but it an optical illusion because he's in my big ole paws, getting a photo of one peeing is harder than it looks , I had to have my fishing buddy take this one.

[bluegillboogieman]

I apologize for ignoring your peecture Yer Lordship. I was angry with you. You know I have a long standing interest in whether bull gills peeing on you are on the bed. I have carefully examined the peecture with a magnifying glass. Your big ole thumbs appear to be squeezing the poor ole gill to the point of seriously bending him. Being forced to pee for peecture purposes ruins the question of whether or not he was on the bed. It don’t matter ‘cause he ain’t peeing naturally. I have been robbed of a perfectly good question! As consolation for my pain and suffering, I want you to answer two.one questions. I already know you have a propensity for 9” porky pine quills and all of this one ain’t showing in the peecture. So the purported 10” bent gill in those big ole optically confusing paws of yours can’t be compared too well to the quill.
Question 1. What size shoe is that the gill is aiming for?
Question 2.0 Most puzzling, what is that pvc pipe under the target shoe for?
Question 2.1 Whatever happened to Frog Gulp #2? Catch anything on it?

[Lord of the Fly , Rods]

Glad to hear your ok , just peed off,as for my porqupine quill if you look closer at the peecture you will see it hanging peependicular from my right hand and covering part of the pee v c pipe.
As for question #1 --- size 14 , they hold up a 6' 6'' frame

As for question#2 ------the pee v c pipe in the peecture is a homemade rod case for my ultralite graphite rod, peetrified after my black lab broke enough rods , I started putting them in a case.

As for question #3----- I have been forced out of the Frog Gulp 2.0 business, the city I live in has changed their mosquito control chemicals and I no longer have insects on my peecture window to attract the frogs to make the bait. I'll soon be applying for a disaster loan.
Finally, I'm not squeezing the fish in the peecture, the camera just froze the moment in mid flop. Glad to know your back, and yes we were on a bed.

[Greg McWilliams]

I think in stste it would be Rush Lake or one of the other 12 lakes in the Wichita Mt. Wildlife refuge.
Out of state, I would have to be up north for a shot at those yellow perch and the NORTHERN PUMPKINSEED'S.

[Keith Owen]

Boy, I tell ya... Greg picked a good spot down on the Witchita Mtns. NWR. You can fish a different lake everyday for more than a week and never drive more than 20-30 min from camp. BUT... man, oh man. It sure is hot down there this time of year!

My in state road adventure would start by heading up to Greg's home waters at Pawhuska, OK and fish the small city lake there. After a few days of fishing what I think is one of the top 5 clearest small lakes in the Oklahoma I would head west to a small Wildlife Management Unit in Harper County, OK (not the same one in the song about the PTA). There is a good size pond right in the middle of Cimarron Bluff WMA. Turkey Foot Pond is a 13 acre pond with only walk-in access. It's about a mile and a half in. I have fished it twice, both times only from the bank and it was fantastic. Hardly anyone fishes it. I have been trying to design a wheeled contraption that I can haul my floaty-boat in on and try it that way.

Out of state is easy. Straight to Emenence, MO and the Jacks Fork River in the OSR!

[Lord of the Fly , Rods]

Well Keith, you picked a couple of spots in my backyard thats hard to beat also,Jacks Fork and Current River, plenty of fish and plenty of variety, If you like these waters you should like the Eleven Point and Buffalo River also. I've got one trip planned for next month that I'm heading up the Black River till I get to the mouth of the Current River then I'm heading up the Current River as far as I can go or till I run out of gas. My Crappy cabin is on the Strawberry River , it's another Ozark river like the Current only a little smaller and warmer, but it barely recieves any fishing pressure. Thats because only the locals have ever heard of it, I guess I should be thankful I've got so much water and good fishing in my part of the world , I guess I dont need a Road Trip after all, this photo is of the Strawberry River

[Keith Owen]

LotF,R.. Oh no! Now you did it, you squeeled about a secret spot! You better plead with the Moderators to delete your post (now that I have made a note of the location). I would hate to show up at your favorite spot and have to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with other people wearing BigBluegill.com sportswear.

That IS a great looking place. The Ozarks are really special. I grew up in Northeastern Oklahoma, very near the foothills of the Ozarks in a region called the Boston Mtns. I will always be a child of big tree bottomlands, gravely streams and black soil.

[Jen Nayfly]

I too hope to take a fall fishing trip to Rush Lake Oklahoma. Out of state would be Tahiti or Austria!