Little Missouri Fly Fishing

Yesterday I caught a limit of trout at all 5 stocking stations, and then some!  There are some really nice 15 inch fish in this stocking. Yes you can Wade IN SOME PLACES at all 5 sites when bunger is running at 7%, just need to learn the river. 

We are getting more rain as I post so watch for increased river flow and the water will be getting cloudy again. Fish are still running in a pack, as they do in the growing tanks, so you have to find them.

Thanks for the info. Which sites are  stocked and can you wade in the river at 7% opening of the bungers?

Sometime after 1:30 pm today fish were stocked on the lower Lil' Mo'. Guess that makes rumor #1 now true only a week late!!  This is the first stocking since 7 November, 39 days ago. I guess better late than never.

We have had two more inches of rain in the past 24 hours. The lake is at 539.87 and the Langley river gage has risen 2.87 feet to 7.07. That's a lot of water to come down. At the time of this writing the Corp is still running the bunger valve at 7% or approximately 263 CFS (thanks Robert). As the lake rises so does the chance the Corp will increase water releases past a fishable flow!!  The new fish were stocked on this minimum flow so they should hang around the stocking sites for a while if it continues.

Water temps are cold and clarity is cloudy due to the recent rains. Catch um while you can!! 

I guess the AGFC is too busy stocking ponds and parks and putting out those Golden trout to be concerned at all about this river!!! ☹️☹️. No fish stocked on this river since November 7th, 38 days, and only one stocking the previous 30 days!!  The AGFC has truly neglected this fishery. Will let you know if it's stocked tomorrow as rumored. The Corp is still running the bunger valve at 7% yet the lake has risen 1/3 foot due to the 2 1/2 inches of rain in the past week. Watch yourself on the river, they could open up the bunger at anytime with no warning. ‼️

They have already started stocking trout in city park and state park, they stock over 342,000 from December, January and February.

Great, keep us informed on next stocking. Where do they stock trout in Texas??  When will they stock Albert Pike again?? 

FYI: we got texts from the TX,OK & AR Fish and Game about there trout stocking, the Sunrise Productions LLC are scheduled to videos them this year. We will see this information will go out again.

I've now been advised that fish will not be stocked here until next Monday (a new rumor!!) the 16th of December!!  The bunger is still running at 7% and the water is still cloudy and a consistent 56 degrees on the entire river. Wow Dennis, must be nice to have a contact who texts you out in Texas and tells you when they are gonna stock here in Arkansas on the Lil'Mo'!!  How about letting the rest of us know more often!!? I wish anyone with info on this river would share it with all of us here on this forum, you are welcome anytime to chime in. Can't wait for Dennis's next report because he has better contacts than I do.

Got a text from the AGFC this morning, they said the next stocking will be closer Christmas. Maybe it will be after they get the lake down we're they it to start the work they need to do.

At 8:00 am this morning the Corp opened the bunger valve. That's the bad news, the good news is it's running at about 7 % which is fishable. Not ideal, I wish they had just opened it up and got their 4 foot in about a week. This 7% won't even make a dent in the lake so I don't expect it to stay this way, I think they will open it up further,soon. Also the water coming from the lake is very dirty and muddy looking. Kind of a baby s——- brown. So my number 3 rumor was true, let's hope one will follow suit!!😁. I fished the flow this morning and caught a few down around the "big rock hole".