An Explosive August:
Fishing the mid-south in August is a tough time. Trout would be dead in most waters around
here. The few trout waters are packed
with fishermen bank to bank. The rest
of the waters have become too hot for even bass, leaving carp and Drum
fishing. But if you are willing to
search you can find you’re favorites.
I started the month off with brown trout.
After a solid hunt on the Current River in Missouri, I headed
to some closer, more local Kansas Waters.
Here, it’s time to sight fish.
Drum are very under rated.
But the normal summer time heat broke. Left with temperatures in the high eighties
instead of low hundreds, I decided I need to try something a bit more multi
species. I went to the largest out-let
river I knew of. There I hopped for
gar. If you hunt Gar, you do it with big
gear, flies either need to be treble hooks or rope.
But of course they did not want to play. Instead I encountered dozens of tiny bass,
and a few white bass before I found a nice nest of wipers.
Say what now? Maybe I
need to find a new spot!
A day later I found my carp and drum spots slow on the local
lake. But a surprise was in there, the
small mouth made my day.
Adapt, change, and add a bit of the Bizarre. You never know what you’ll find.
What outlet were you fishing trying for Gar? I haven't gotten any yet this year. And did you catch those Smallies at Clinton?
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