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After a slow day fishing at BDR, I decided some river R&R was in order. So I headed off to Riverbend again.

The day started of slow, but then things picked up after I figured out they wanted to eat a spinner bait. On the river, I usually just use inline spinners - Rooster tails or Mepps. Today the Mepps was on fire - I didn't tie on another lure the rest of the day.

Smallie ...


... went a hair over 17 inches.


Biggest fish of the day. I didn't have my digital scale, but I'm guessing maybe 3lb? It was a football.


It also measured 17 inches. My little ruler only goes to 18


I also ended with a couple of 15's and several smaller smallies. All in all, a fantastic day on the water.

Only downside is I broke one of my rods being an idiot trying to untangle my line. And I realized that I need to get some breathable waders, unless I want to make friends with hypothermia.