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Another day of firsts, yesterday was my first carp and fallfish.  Today I tried a new spot.  I brought a large wagon to carry my kayak to and from the river, but it was still tough because the hill was so steep.  I got started about 0630 and fished until about 1300. I caught a redbreast sunfish before launching.  I tried topwater for a bit with no success.  There was only a little surface activity.  I worked my way up the river on the MD side while trolling a firetiger bitsy minnow on the shallow side and a firetiger Bomber A on the deep side.  A 15" channel cat hit the bitsy minnow.  I got moving again and then something took the Bomber A.  My first walleye!  Too short for Kayak Wars though. That's a mean fish.  At first it was laying calmly on the board and I thought that was great, easy to get a picture.  Well that didn't last long.  I could barely hold it against the board, it was really strong.

Eventually I got up to Difficult Run.  Last time I was here the river was flooded and about 10ft deeper.  I caught one smallie on a tube then decided to check out Black Pond again. Up the cliffs are a bunch of pools and Black Pond is the biggest.  In November there were no signs of fish. I brought one rod with the Bomber A. This time the first pool I came across had a bunch of minnows, some sunfish and some small largemouths. The fish would follow but not bite.  Then I came across a nesting area for vultures.  There were two large chicks that were trying to hide from me.  In a small pool with a red hue next to Black Pond I caught a green sunfish.  At Black Pond I had one largemouth get off and then I landed another, both small.

Then I fished all around the southern end of Sherwin Island. Heading up a chute that paddle boards were active in I caught another channel cat and a smallie.  Then on the way down the rapids I got another smallie. I found a spot I could park out of the current for a bit.  Caught one small largemouth and noticed something was making the baitfish jump nearby.  I was able to pull out three smallies on a tube and bitsy minnow.

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Last edited by T. (Jun-24-12 6:34PM)