Pacemaker Fishing Forum

Bob joined me and Chris today to give it ago!

River level at POR was 1.4' and dropping. Water temp started at 76dF and ended up at 78dF.

The bite was not hot except for a period where  we had several bites (and misses) along with some nice catches!  All told we were 8 for 12 or so.

Customary 1st fish pics...





Another nice one.




We were just finishing fishing an area when Chris said, "make one more toss up there". The scenario was just like George's a few weeks back when he got slammed by that nice channel kittie. I threw to a corner at the base of a rock and got slammed. A run ensued (very shallow water) and I got turned around. Yep, rod held up high as the fish took off behind my back. Our 1st look was the tail and it was dark. Another giant smallie?

Nope! Same result George had.



What a fight though!!

A nice addition to the raft...



The bite died down as the temperature soared so we called it a day.

As Chris got the raft secured, Bob took me back to my car. And just like the last time we fished together, a train was stopped on the track right where we needed to go. No way It was actually moving backwards, albeit very slowly. I told Bob to turn around and take me to Big Belly's. No more torture (like last August 20+ minute wait). Before we turned around, the train started moving and we only lost a few minutes after all.

So on to Big Belly's we went and this time, I remembered!!







Bob had the cheese steak, I had a mushroom cheese steak and Chris went for the falafel wrap again.

There was a large group of senior bikers that were having lunch there. I asked them if this was their 1st time and how they liked it? Lots of thumbs up!

So now, we wait. We wait to see if the river gets some much needed water. The river was slow and stained. Lots of pollen like stuff on the still parts of the river. A good flushing would be well deserved.