Good mornin' gobblin'

Spring has sprung around here and I was awakened by the glorious sound of "Gobblin' on the hill". The hill I'm speaking of is the big face bluff across from us known as "Turkey Mountain". It is real hard to stay in bed on a beautiful morning like this and I am itching to get in the woods (i bet the ticks/chiggers can help me out with that too!) All of the redbuds have started opening up this week along with some dogwoods and wild cherry trees. It looks to be a beautiful spring! You wish you were here....

Speaking of ailments (like itching), I have fever too...that is fish'n fever! Some of our March normals have been in/out of here this week and last weekend and just tearin up the Trout!!! We had some rain Monday that kicked up the Buffalo, so that gave us the brown/green seam line fishing which is awesome on trout. Now the Buffalo is dropped and clearing and the Bass bite should be back to game-on. Ya'll come see us to get in on the action and visit the Riley bunch.

Wish'n I was fish'n OR Turkey Trott'n,
Mtn Momma

Gobbily-goop

Hey friends,
All of ya'll know that Spring and Fall are Mtn Momma's favorite times of the year. This Fall was a bummer on hunting for me, so I'm planning to make up for it this Spring. I am already starting off on the wrong foot from battling a head cold and I can't hear a dern thing, so with my handicap, Gavin has heard the first Gobbily of the season and I've got the goop! He has gotten his own shotgun this year along with the other huntress of the family (josie, who bagged her first bird last spring) and me with ol'faithful, bottom of the boat gun...Mossy. Real women name their guns! The weather has been AWESOME and March is a sunset away. Looking forward to all of normal March groups and would love to see some new faces. Give us a call to talk about our Spring Turkey season in April and the great fishing that is going on NOW.

Later,
Mtn Momma

Book Face

To add more techno we are on facebook. Please join our Riley's Station Outfitter group. Post your photos from past trips, questions about the rivers and any info about this area. Looking forward to staying in touch with all of you (would rather ya'll be here though!)

More later,
Mtn Momma

Where have we been??

OK...I know, I know, I know! It has been 3 years since last post. Life is full of adventures and the computer (for me) has not been one of those adventures!!

We are still here stirring the beautiful waters of these 2 rivers. We are getting ready for another exciting Spring in the Ozarks! For those that didn't know we had another addition to the crew last August and over the last few years we have gotten our small farm back up & going. All the chillun's are great and we are ready for some other additions to the family coming soon...NO I AIN'T PREGNANT! You will just have to watch for upcoming blogs to find out the next round of good news!! We are going to be making some fresh changes to the website and keeping up with all of this techno stuff, so please become a Riley blog follower and STAY TUNED....

For those that have time to escape the normal life and want to GO FISHIN...COME ON DOWN, you have been selected and the Price is Right!

Shoot us an email or give us a call. We have availability for all group/family sizes. We want to see all of the old faces and new ones!

"You bringa line, you bringa pole, we will set you up on a trout fishin hole"

River blessings!
Mtn Momma

Belated blogger!

Hey friends,

Pert near been awhile since last post! Winter has been long & dreary here. Just recovered from a massive ice storm but our facility is intact & ready for the "tourist shuffle".

Gavin & I enjoyed deer season (even though the wind was tough on us all season!) Josie got a chance at hunting & did well (no deer, just did well) Meat in the freezer & goods on the shelf, so no complaints other than it went by too fast!

We are getting geared up for another fishing & turkey huntin' season. Can't wait for some warmer days, that Buffalo is looking good!!!! Smallmouth jumping & Turkey gobblin good times ahead! Yeehaw!

Dust off your gear (rods, reels, waders...yes waders, box calls, decoys & the shotgun!) I'm sure with some or all of these neccessities you can have a good time!

Trying to not be a lazy blogger! Forgiveness needed.....

Until next post,

Mountain Momma

Guide in training

Hey all,

It isn't very often that one will admit that your "kid" whooped you on fishing, but this was the case for me. I had threatened several times this summer to just head up to Crooked Creek from the dock and wear some bass out. That was my attempt...I soon learned!

Gavin and I jetted out of the dock headed up to Crooked against the 8 generators. We took boat #10, it seems to be the fastest (at least that is what Dave from Memphis says!) We timed our trip being 37 minutes which I thought was pretty quick. Maybe ol' Dave was right? We were both armed with Zoom lizards and Yum crawdads. Our first goal was to motor up as far as we could go (my mind is still thinking of kayak'n that section) We ended up going approx 3 1/2 miles with the clarity being the worst the closer we drifted to the confluence on the White River.

Far enough, lets fish. The bite did seem to be a little slow and the bottom of the creek was moving fast so I anchored off a ledge. I missed one, then another, then another. I started thinking my L.O.F.T. was off (that is Lack Of Frigging Talent). Well I'm sure it was!

Gavin proved it by landing this nice creek smallie about 2 1/2 pounds. Good one boy, now its my turn. I tell you my turn never came and he caught a couple more and all I hooked was a gar. That 10 second catch would have to suffice me. Fine, lets head out to the White and drift home for trout. Well he wore me out on the trout and also fished a way that I never thought would catch fish.
We ended up with one limit of the gov't fish to feed these starving girls. Miles wasn't home that day and I even had to clean them! I was huntin' a hole to hide in and I made sure that he cleaned the boat out. I had to redeem myself somehow!?

Thank the Lord there can be another time for me to "whoop" him. Can't let the lil' guy get to boisterous!

Until next post,
"Bass-shamed" Mountain Momma

Our DAM float

Well yes, we did a dam float. That is...we floated from the Bull Shoals dam back to Riley's Station. Oh, it wasn't that long OR scary. Matter of DAM fact, it was great!

This trip was to celebrate our 15th wedding anniversary. The plan was to have another day long float with a wonderful camp trip involved.

Itenerary...float 32 miles from Bull Shoals launch area to Buffalo City and paddle ourselves into Buffalo River for one night camp. Did we succeed??? That is the whole senario of a bear poopin in the woods thing. Of course we did!

Launching at 9 a.m. carrying our 1 nights gear inside our X factor kayaks we started our float by forgetting batteries. Where else to stop but Gastons? We paddled right up to the dock to be welcomed by dock hand Bubba while Miles and I strolled the tourist shopping area. We did find some trinkets for Amy and the needed camera batteries.

Recording docks, homes and boat landings. It very quickly made us thankful for our area while appreciating others blessings. Isn't that they way it should be?


We arrived in BC by 5 p.m to paddle upstream to our campspot. Yes...nobody there. Always a happy campers desire! Good food to be started and then a suprise visit from another married couple. Little did they know we would be escaping at the same time. Oh well, call it chance, but it was a good visit. River rats are good folks, no matter what!

Let us help you with your anniversary ESCAPE! I can pull a few more ideas out of my hat just for you!

Mountain Momma
"dam kayak'r"