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Today was a hot day, 95 degrees, and the humidity was high in the open but low in the creek areas. It was refreshing to say the least. I hit route N towards Blue Springs Ranch as far as I could go but the road was washed out and I could not make it to the public parking where the creek meets the Meramec. Besides, there were a lot of people along the road swimming and splashing in the creek. I went to the southern most public parking just south of Blue Springs Road and NO ONE was there. Great parking place and I was the only one. I when upstream about 100 meters with no fish in site and no bites. I turned south and fished the next half mile or so. I caught three fingerlings. One was most definitely a rainbow trout, the other two were something I had never seen before. It looked almost like a catfish, it had skin and a round mouth. I am sure they were not sucker fish, some kind of catfish? I caught the trout on a green scud with orange duck flanks for a tail that I tied, I was proud even if it was a fingerling. Anyway, I won’t be back for a while until I found out more about the area.
Peace.