Fishing the Missouri river

[Tin Man Dan]

Crazy question- Has anyone ever heard of fishing the Missouri river in Kansas city for bass. everytime i drive over it i wonder if anyone has tried. There are wingdams galore riprap and small creeks. Was talking to a guy who catfishes it and throughs a bait net for bait and he says he has caught bass and walleye in the river in downtown kansas city. I think I am going to try fishing it this spring or summer when the water is some what managable

[PII Magnum]

I don't know why you couldn't we fish the neosho river and spring river

[Hydrilla Gorilla]

I see several boats in the river up this way, but mostly tin boats, not sure what they're fishing for. The current up this way is pretty swift at times.

[Richard F.]

I've always wondered that too.When I visit my daughter in Atchison there is always a bunch of boat trailers on the parking lot next to the ramp but I don't have a clue what they're fishing for.

[War Eagle1]

maybe the next rally should be there since no one fishes it

[Richard F.]

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by War Eagle1 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">maybe the next rally should be there since no one fishes it</TD></TR></TABLE>
That would be neutral territory for sure!

[Tin Man Dan]

have done alot of research today and from everything i here its got good numbers of bass in it best stretch is from Kaw point (were the kaw and missouri meet) to downtown kc i am going to try it soon

[sclark]

Dan

About 15 years ago i used to work in Edwardsville, there was the creek channel that dumped in to the river. If the river was at normal pool the creek was pretty much cut off from the river but if the river would come up a few feet the creek would raise. When the river would go back down we would fish the pools with in the creek channel for Largemouth. We mostly used texas rigged worms and caught a lot of 10 - 14 inch bass, a few keepers and a butt load of bull head catfish.

There is a major creek that dumps into the river right under the 435 bridge, we used to fish that point every spring on good friday, it seemed to be when the white bass were running, we would catch hundereds of them in and afternoon, non had any real size to them

[Bigbassbo]

Let us know how it works out

[Jiggernaut]

That's not a dumb idea at all. I would be first on the list to join you in that endeavor.

[Tin Man Dan]

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will let you know when the time comes

[H2O_Fowl]

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Jiggernaut &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">That's not a dumb idea at all. I would be first on the list to join you in that endeavor. </TD></TR></TABLE>

I would have to agree with that. Kind of funny you bring that up because last week I was doing alot research on the river as well.

[Beetle]

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Hydrilla Gorilla &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> The current up this way is pretty swift at times. </TD></TR></TABLE>If that's the case all ya have to do is find any slack water, wing damns, oxbows, or anything else that causes a current break. Log jams/piles in slack water are also obvious targets. Just be very careful for underwater obstructions.

[nitrobasser]

I'm always eyeballin that thing when we take our trains through KC and have always wondered the same thing.