Courtois = ***Cort-a-way is the phonetic sounding of this large creek. French settlers, Spanish Claimed, and was twice owned by France before the Louisiana Purchase
If you want a challenge? Float it in Springtime, Smallmouth season opens about the time the rivers get low and the stream is ideal for wading/fly fishing. It's all rocky.
The real Huckleberry Finn's of Missouri fish the streams by wading them in a pair of shorts and old tennis shoes. note...as long as you are within the normal banks of a creek or river YOU ARE NOT TRESPASSING in Missouri, the state owns all right of ways formed by natural water flow ...don't let anyone convince you otherwise, some people will try.
Very picturesque float, the region has been in a heavy drought since 2015 ? Many of the secondary rivers in main river basin areas of Missouri ARE ALWAYS very low the more spring became summer.
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After Memorial Day weekend, mainly July and August, can be dud times for floating the Huzzah and Courtois creeks, they can be incredibly low.
Even the St. Francois River can get near trickle flow level and has