White River?
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Hey guys, I will be visiting the White River to go try and slam some browns next week. Just looking for any kind of report from anyone that is in the area or that has fished the river lately. We will be fishing the section near Mountain Home, AR.
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Hey Zach, how much does the depth of the water fluctuate on the spawning gravel when they generate at the White River?
Well that might explain why the spawns are at least mildly successful on the White and not at all on the Cumberland or Caney.
(Yeah, I know some folks say the browns spawn on the Cumberland and Caney too, and someone will probably be along in a minute to argue the point, but nobody’s been able to show me a photo of a brown below the fingerling stocker size from either river yet).
Both the Caney and Cumberland tend to have at least an hour or two of generation every day even in the fall spawn months. I suspect the strong generation current and sudden rise of 5-6 ft in water over the redds has a lot to do with it.
I wonder how the money saved by natural brown trout reproduction (vs hatching and stocking browns) would stack up against the money lost by running minimum flow instead of a couple hours of generation from, say, October 31 to December 31.
Realistically, that’s never going to happen, but it’s an interesting thing to ponder.
bd
I fish the white several times per year. It’s been really good lately and we’ve finally been seeing some low and wadable water on the white. Barring a major rain event or flooding it should be very good this fall.
I do disagree about the Norfork. While I know there is the general opinion that it has declined I’ve always found the fishing to be very, very good even the last couple of years – at least when there has been low water.
I would fish both rivers if you can. The White is more pristine but the Norfork has it’s own charms too. It’s where I caught an ARK slam (cutthroat, rainbow, brown, brook – all in one day) a few years ago. I generally stay in the general vicinity of both and go for whichever river has low or no generation.
Here’s a recent report:
http://ozarkanglers.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=25117
Good luck.
Greg
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