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Day started with the drive.  Deer everywhere.  As I got close to the river I could see a bald eagle while driving by.  Got to the river and saw pterodactyls fishing (great blue herons).  I knew in my heart fishing would be good.

As soon as we launched Leon hooked up.  Figured I'd better get the camera out of the bag for the next fishies

Started out catching fish almost instantly on a green pumpkin grub.



Had a feeling fish would be chasing minnows and I was right. It was the last one in the pack so switched to an old standby - chartreuse grub.  Fish didn't care what color I threw.

Caught a few bigger ones in the 15 to 16" range, but most were in the 12-14" range. 



Nature called so got out of the kayak to take care of things and in six inches of water, got back in, didn't see the rock, kayak turtled and in I went.  Not a bad time to be soaked because it was actually refreshing.  Bit chilly in the morning being soaked, but felt good.

Later in the day fishing slowed down so went deep with a HookUp Silicon & ducktail jig in brown/orange flake with a pumpkin tail and polished the rocks.  Works out nicely.





They were calling for t-storms in the afternoon.  We felt a couple drops and started paddling.  With the ramp in sight down river, the sky opened up and it started pouring.  We both pulled over, got our rain gear on, then finished the paddle to the ramp during a heavy downpour.  I was hoping for no lightning and at least that worked out.

Great day to be out.  Overcast most of the time.  Bald eagles and Osprey everywhere. Even saw a deer cross the river.

At one point, my rod bent in half and the drag started screaming.  For those that know me that's not a frequent experience because I lock down my drag hard and back reel when I catch a big one.  Fish dove under a rock and broke me off.  I figured I either had a carp hit the bait or the biggest smallie in the river?

Last edited by hookup (Aug-23-22 5:06AM)