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Ernie · Jun-30-12 10:31AM

Four of us (Curly, Jeff, Andrew and I) met up at POR at 4:30 this morning to get the shuttle started.

We saw lots of tree damage on the way including a tree down on Lander Rd. which held us up while the crew cleaned it up. I actually missed the 1st Lander turn but I'm kind of glad I did as there may have been greater blockage on the 1st road. But without incident we all got on the water before daybreak and started the float. The air was clean and it was not muggy.

Saw some downed trees on the water as well....

I knew all the guys were catching fish so I decided to take pictures since I could not get any of them to stick (4 hookups, no lands)!

Finally, I got slammed and even got an aerial......from a channel cat?

But it was a nice 17 incher and he gave me a good tussle....

About 1/2 way down the float, we all met up and reported out. I think Jeff had 8 or so, Curly about 10 and Andrew at least 1/2 dozen. Me? Only a cat!

So they all took off to catch some more fish....

The sun was now up so it was my turn....I saw a bed of grass that had some fast moving water coming around it so I came in through the back and cast to the fast water.

Instant ht!

This guy was over 16" and a fighter! I was whooping it up because I had been 0-4 on the previous 4 hookups.

A minute later, another.

This one was 12-13".

Then this BG took my 2/0 hook!

I took a break to do some wading....

....and I caught 2 small smallies and a fall fish on the fly rod. Good fun!

At 10 AM, we headed back to reality....

....but not before having some home made (Jeff) venison summer sausage.

Curly · Jul-01-12 12:21PM

Ernie is certianly the "King of Photography" on any trip he is involved in. I got one pick of an 11" SMB before my camera battery died........and isn't worth posting after his 16+" SMB pic. I did get a 14" that Jeff got a pic of.

It was a great trip and a big THANK YOU to Ernie for being gracious enough to let me borrow on of his yak set up (everything included but rod and lures).

Next time we need to do the float from further up river to POR!

Ernie · Jul-01-12 1:04PM

Curly wrote:
Next time we need to do the float from further up river to POR!

Brunswick to POR is a nice long float....let's start planning it.

However, I always run out of time on the Lander-POR run. There are so many ledges and riffles....oh well.

Ernie · Jul-01-12 1:06PM

Curly wrote:
Ernie is certainly the "King of Photography" on any trip he is involved in.

I have to tell my sister who is a pro photographer. She would laugh at my point and shoot digital......but it works for me!

Curly · Jul-01-12 1:08PM

Pacemaker wrote:
Curly wrote:
Next time we need to do the float from further up river to POR!
Brunswick to POR is a nice long float....let's start planning it.

However, I always run out of time on the Lander-POR run. There are so many ledges and riffles....oh well.

Just gotta let the current take you down the riva, without stopping too many times to fish what looks promising...........could be done easily in 3-3.5 hours...........

Ernie · Jul-01-12 1:37PM

Curly wrote:
....could be done easily in 3-3.5 hours...........)

Waaaay too fast for me.....I like at least 4 hours for Lander-POR, 7-8 for Brunswick to POR.

Or, do Brunswick -Lander in 4-5 hours.

Curly · Jul-01-12 2:19PM

My butt/back cannot take more than 4 hrs in a yak!

Bryan · Jul-02-12 5:12AM

Great report and pics!

This recent weather is perfect for hitting the rivers, especially for wading. Nothing beats getting in the water to fish on a blistering hot day.

Ernie · Jul-02-12 5:30AM

Curly wrote:
My butt/back cannot take more than 4 hrs in a yak!

You gotta get out once in a while to get the blood back on the behind.....plus you cool off.

purpleworm · Jul-02-12 8:45AM

King of Photography indeed, haha. He does churn out some good ones though. Great report and pics, thanks for sharing.

AndrewDo124 · Jul-02-12 11:06AM

here are some pictures I took. sorry, all i had was my camera phone

my first smallie of the year:

the two biggest

and Ernie.

hookup · Jul-02-12 11:55AM

Nice going Ernie. I was about 10 miles down river from you trying to get on the river. We didn't suceed due to downed power lines & trees.

jumping jasper · Jul-05-12 10:26AM

My computer had been down do to the storm. Here are some of the pictures I took

Curly's big one

My Biggest

hookup · Jul-06-12 4:40AM

Some nice shots of the area & thanx for sharing.

I'm more of a hole-humping type looking for big fish. Last Friday started fishing at 6:30a and got to the take out at 8:30p. Trick is use the yak as a taxi & get out allot.

Ernie · Jul-06-12 5:03PM

hookup wrote:
I'm more of a hole-humping type looking for big fish.

But I have seen your results and it's impressive!

hookup wrote:
Last Friday started fishing at 6:30a and got to the take out at 8:30p.

You are certifiable.....

hookup · Jul-09-12 7:39AM

Pacemaker wrote:
You are certifiable.....

Hey, I resemble that comment.

;-)

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