Fishing Destinations
All Things Bennett Springs
First, let me back up from the title and make sure that we all understand that there is only one spring…but the title didn’t work as well in the singular? Second, I have written many times about Bennett Springs and Bennett Spring State Park, but decided to do a column about all the amenities that […]
Bennett Spring State Park – Video Review
The following video was filmed on location at Bennett Spring State Park in Missouri. If you have thought of traveling to the park to do some fishing…just know that there is much more to do at the park than fish; those of your family that are looking to hike, swim, camp, etc….Bennett has it all […]
Current River Below Montauk State Park Video
This video was filmed the third week in March while fly fishing the Current River which is fed by Montauk Spring. Montauk is one of Missouri’s four trout parks and the overflow move down into the river and create a nice population of catchable … sort of wild trout. The stream is a Blue Ribbon […]
The Ides Of March
The ‘Ides’ or middle of March has always been an ominous date in history; most of us trace this particular middle day (Idus Martias in Latin) in March all the way back to 44 BC when Emperor Julius Caesar was assassinated by a group of conspirators that was ultimately led by his good friend Brutus…Et, […]
Bennet Spring Video – Catch And Release – 2
The video below is a follow up to the last catch and release video…both were shot in Bennet Spring using my GoPro camera. This video was taken on Monday, December 30th and the temperature at 8am was 7 degrees; I obviously have most of the stream to myself and the fishing was pretty good. I […]
Catch And Release – Bennet Spring, Missouri
Missouri has what Indiana doesn’t…fishing in the winter; OK…I know that you might be able to ice fish on occasion or during a warm winter there are still some open waters, but for good trout fishing…set your sails for Missouri. Harrison, my dad and Frank Terkhorn did exactly that this past week as we loaded […]