nice post as usual Ken. thanks, really like teh reflection pix. sometimes i daydream in teh reflections on the river, usually when i'm drowning minnows ;) i hear ya with the measuring... in my past life i weighed my stripers (some guys measured length but usually new guys looking for legal fish) and ...

a tad but you wear it well. :lol: i fished several of the spots you mentioned (including saw wee kee) and never saw you so i am pretty certain you dont fish in those areas ;) still dont understand the reasoning for fishing the "lift" this time of year...gapen mentions it in his "river smallmouth ...

nice read and good food for thought. thanks. sounds likely that a flood putting the river at 19,000cfs (holy S*** btw :shock: ) would push a lot of fish down the river. lots of places for fish to hide in a flood up around my neck of the woods, definitely doesnt seem to be as many down that way ...

I was reading reports on other sites. Guy says he had a great day. Caught 9 smallies in 4 hours. I once stood in one spot at Indian Trail, this time of year, and caught 27 in under 2 hours. How do you tell someone, no, 9 smallies in 4 hours is not even an average day. I think I'm going to take up ...

quote] Dude, it's a porch. You have sheets for walls. I'm not putting this on a porch. It's outside. "No, no, no, it's inside." It's a fucking porch, with sheets . . . this made me LOL. a lot of people keep asking me why i dont have a flat screen with hd. i tell them because i would rather buy rods ...

do any of you use rattlebaits up there? since we've had lower water on my river, I've popped 600 smallies on rattlebaits, of course I've also fished almost everyday as well. occassionally i throw them near the deeper water by a couple of the spillway dams...i know they are popular on the river ...

ed, that stretch in c-ville just gets hammered. always about a dozen people from the dam down to ottos and beyond. tough about the lost "unstoppable" you hooked. i like the stretch for about 1/2mile after that bridge, can be finicky but good for at least a couple bends in the rod. planning on ...

thanks Ed , will definitely work on my paragraph structure. did not wade the stretch between ottos and main street. always seem to eb a ton of people around there. we did wade downstream of the foot bridge though. was only able to fish sunday evening for a bit and monday morning for a few hours ...

had an old college buddy in from florida. he likes smallmouths and i played guide! tall order for me considering its only my first season on the river. i think we did ok though all things considered. i dont have to time right nwo to resize the pix having been off for 3 days. heres a summary of our 5 ...

saturday starting about 5:30 i fished from the saw wee kee launch to about 200yds upstream of orchard road bridge. nice stretch. different water than i am used to fishing so at times i felt a little dsoriented... fished that stretch, up and down until almost noon. had fish casting up and downstream ...