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After getting breakfast at The Fillup (priorities), Greg and I splashed the boat at 7:30a. It was a really nice morning with some clouds.





We fished close by for a bit and got no bites so we made the long run up river. It was a tad chilly as we ran  at 25mph but very tolerable.

We both got nips at our 1st spot but could not understand why it did not produce so we dropped down a bit and behind the island, I hooked into a rock that moved. I was losing the battle and after it turned into a another rock, it was off. I suspect a catfish since it did not jump (we were in 1-2' of water. It did not run like a carp. Oh well! Nice thrill!

A few minutes later Greg got a bite and I hooked into a small one but it on;y lasted 1 crank of the reel. It was on a belly weighted swim hook (3" paddle tail). We threw at eddies, in front of rocks, behind rocks...you name it. Nada!

The water was gin clear, around 68-69df all day. The sun was still in hiding. River level was below 2’ at POR.

I wanted to go down river a bit to where we've had some action but decided to float a section that I have not floated. In short order, the skunk was off!



OK...he was only 12.25" but the skunk was off.

Then we started seeing a few fish follow our lures. That was encouraging. Greg was able to get a commitment form one of them!



He was a healthy, fat 13.5"er!

The more fish followed his lure and this little guy got hooked.



Then...we left fish to go find fish but that did not work out so I went back up river.

I was getting late as we wanted to get off around 1p and grab some lunch.

On that last drift, the sun came out in full force and we stopped seeing any activity. Except 1 guy. This fish hung around the boat for about 10 minutes. I know I touched him with my lure 1-2 times. So did Greg. He would not eat. He just laughed at us.

We called it a day and went to a new BBQ joint...Black Hog BBQ. It was very good with large sides. A bit pricey maybe but the quality (and taste) of the meat was there.

I felt bad for Greg since we did not have great activity but we laughed a lot and set plans in motion to go fish Charleston SC...one of my favorite places. You see, Tyler just moved down there to go work for Shimano. I CANNOT wait!!