Ozarks

Don't laugh but to accrue enough WAF for the Alaska trip, I will be taking my wife to Mansfield Missouri in June to see the Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum of Little House on the Prairie fame. It will only take a day to see it and we will have a week to go some where else any ideas where I can Kayak fish within 500 miles or so. Has anybody been to the Museum?

Hey Mike,

I grew up in Missouri (don't laugh)... St. Louis, actually.  Used to go to Lake of the Ozarks as a kid, and had family friends with real estate on Bull Shoals.  I'd recommend Bull Shoals... Lake of the Ozarks is kind of Havasu-ish, if you know what I mean.  Also, I haven't been back to southern Missouri in years and years, but I hear the meth epidemic has decimated large, large, large areas... I think Springfield, MO. has been called the meth capital of America, for what it's worth.

Backslider

Thanks but I don't really want to do a lake I was thinking of the Two Rivers Area maybe a paddle down Jacks fork or another in the area .

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Then this was a good source for you.  They mainly paddle on the rivers in Missouri.
 
 
 

Thanks Sky

Do a search on "Missouri" on the smallie board on http://forums.riversmallies.com/forums/

Plenty of info, and these guys spend a lot of time in small craft too.


Scott

Mike, My wife and I are both from Missouri, Springfield actually... when we left in 2000 Meth wasn't a prob in Springfield, but there were lots of meth-heads in STL...
What do you want to catch?
do you want to take your own yak or rent a canoe?
how big of a fish do you want?
What kind of crowds do you want?

PM me and I'll give you the scoop, I miss the fishing SOOOOOO much, you'll have a blast.

Jim

Rockfish,

Funny how you can hear and read different things about the same areas.  What parts of St. Louis have been hit?  I know areas south of St. Louis, like Jefferson County, are SUPER bad, but St. Louis itself seemed fairly normal (if you like that bombed-out ghetto feel in your cities) the last time I was there (Nov. '05).  Everybody (my Missouri family) was talking about how bad the southern half of the state was... they all said Springfield and the surrounding area was Ground Zero for meth production in the Midwest... oh well, I've seen enough meth-heads in California to last a lifetime.

Backslider

yeah, the northern and eastern part of the city seemed fine when we were there last and my folks don't complain about drugs where they work (or in Lake STL where they live)  I remember a bunch of rave-type clubs with spun out chicks in south county area as well.  as far as spfld, there is defiantly a problem, but I think its over stated, any town that doubles its size when school's in is bound to have those same problems.  but i think that allot of the trouble types are transient and end up going back to the big cities where they don't stick out as much...

I cant wait for November when we take our annual pilgrimage back for deer season, CA still doesn't quite feel like home.  Maybe Sac will me a little closer to MO and we'll fit in a little better...

all CA really needs is good creek fishing and squirrel hunting to feel like home

Jim

yeah, the northern and eastern part of the city seemed fine when we were there last and my folks don't complain about drugs where they work (or in Lake STL where they live)  I remember a bunch of rave-type clubs with spun out chicks in south county area as well.  as far as spfld, there is defiantly a problem, but I think its over stated, any town that doubles its size when school's in is bound to have those same problems.  but i think that allot of the trouble types are transient and end up going back to the big cities where they don't stick out as much...

I cant wait for November when we take our annual pilgrimage back for deer season, CA still doesn't quite feel like home.  Maybe Sac will me a little closer to MO and we'll fit in a little better...

all CA really needs is good creek fishing and squirrel hunting to feel like home

Jim

 Norcal has tons of  gray squirrels and creeks,hit me up come sept.

Jim come up and see us. We'll put you into creeks filled with fish and Squirrels. hope your getting settled and say hi to cryss for us. Randall

Well with that information, Its feeling like home more and more. Thanks Guys, I'll definatly hit you up for some creeking and squirrell hunting, afterwards I;ll make up some fried Squirrel Missouri stlye for you guys...yum yum!  I hope to be dumping the Fres-hell house soon, then will have time for more fun.

Randall, how are the ducks liking Chico?  Do you find them as entertaining as we did?

Jim