06-30-2012, 10:48 PM
The river she was kind to me last night, so drew me back for another visit.
I swear - never fails, you tell one or two buddies about a place, next thing your know some hot-spotting lurker is at your spot when you arrive. Probably the one responsible for all that danged trash too! I blame BFT!
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The bite was - well, not so hot. Got into about a dozen tweener cookies. Nabbed a couple chunky ones on a stringer.
No bass today, but did catch BOTH bluegill and sunfish - so was able to do a side-by-side compare. Some of the gills I find on the river system are so pale compared with say the deep dark colors on Mantua. Maybe that's part spawn patterns, part murky water vs clear vegetated environments. I swear some of the gills seemed almost pink. Bama boy can attest to that. Maybe that's an "ice-off" thing.
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So after working up and down, then down and up the river - I come back to collect up my gear, and . . . . um- no stringer. Seems my rock's been rolled away - so somewhere's out there are two young chunky channels working their way down the railway like the Soggy Bottom Boys. . . . grrr.
I swear - never fails, you tell one or two buddies about a place, next thing your know some hot-spotting lurker is at your spot when you arrive. Probably the one responsible for all that danged trash too! I blame BFT!
[inline "Hotspotting Lurker.jpg"]
The bite was - well, not so hot. Got into about a dozen tweener cookies. Nabbed a couple chunky ones on a stringer.
No bass today, but did catch BOTH bluegill and sunfish - so was able to do a side-by-side compare. Some of the gills I find on the river system are so pale compared with say the deep dark colors on Mantua. Maybe that's part spawn patterns, part murky water vs clear vegetated environments. I swear some of the gills seemed almost pink. Bama boy can attest to that. Maybe that's an "ice-off" thing.
[inline "Side by Side.jpg"]
So after working up and down, then down and up the river - I come back to collect up my gear, and . . . . um- no stringer. Seems my rock's been rolled away - so somewhere's out there are two young chunky channels working their way down the railway like the Soggy Bottom Boys. . . . grrr.