Week of river lunch

[AtticaFish]

The weather last week turned out sunny and no rain most of the week, so the river was able to drop some more and clear up. Made it out this week at lunch 4 days. Monday i got out my waders, but had to take it very slow on the bedrock... the algae on the rocks has started to die off and turn brown - nothing but slick snot rock. Just fished from the shore the other days.

Monday: Made a long sloooooow slippery walk up-stream to fish just below the dam and only caught 1 fish. Go figure, caught it on the way back only about 10 yards from the place i started. :dodgy: Was a decent fish though.

Tuesday: Drove out north of town to a favorit spot. Ended up catching 4 tiny little smallmouth all about this size.

Fall colors are about at their peak right now.
Looking south/up-stream.

Looking north/down-stream.

Thursday: Different section of river... more of the same little dinks.

Friday: Couldn't get any bites at all, but did see some carp feeding right up next to shore in a muddy bottom area. Switched up my jig to a little 1/32 carp bug and did get one!

Water temps are falling fast, so doubt the fish will be around much longer in my area of the river. They should be heading north towards some deeper sections and guessing many have already left since most of what i caught was even smaller than my 'average' dinks.

 

[toadfrog]

Better watch out your starting to fish like me . Work and stuff keep getting in the way of real fishing time . Keeps me from hitting the hot spots.

 

[Radtexan]

Very Nice Russ...

It hurts to see all yall's river pics ..I dont have one in a couple hundred miles of here....

 

[CrappieHappy]

Nice going Russ!!

 

[Jig Man]

Thank you for the pics and the stories... The only thing I miss about truck driving is the fall colors!

 

[JSC]

See you are enjoying that good lookin stream .. Color changen is a reminder that cold weather is not to far off.

 

[StumpHunter]

You have a great place to take your lunch break. Good pics and the river looks great.

 

[JUNGLEJIM1]

Nice looking river,the fall colors are really coming out now. I fished twice this week with waders on a small river and caught a few dink smallies like the smaller ones you caught and caught a small sauger,a first for me on this river where I'd only caught walleye previously. Took a couple pictures of the sauger before releasing it.We need some rain here,river is low and clear.

 

[Hawnjigs]

Seems like more #s & size last year - assuming you're not losing it, what happened to the fish?

 

[AtticaFish]

Doc - The little 1/32's for the carp are pretty simple ties. Pretty much a dubbed body with a shell back and SHORT little tail. I'll try to post some up here soon.

HJ - The numbers are down for me this year. If i was to point a finger, would say it was the whacked out weather this year that prevented me from getting out at peak times. September is usually the best for me and most years the river level is very low and clear at that time. Tends to stack the fish in smaller areas and not as much blind searching. The flow level was up and down and hard to find fish in my usual holes. Would guess the numbers and size are still there and saw very few other fisherman also... next year could be good if the fishing pressure was lighter this year.

 

[quivira kid]

Beautiful, beautiful spot! Places like that are good for the soul...

 

[Fatman]

Nice buddy!!!!! And even those dink smallies are fun to catch, and that carp had to have been ALOT of fun on that light rod!!

I need to find a job that I can sneak off at lunch like that!!!

 

[flapjackman]

some week and some really nice river
great pics

good luck on your next adventure

 

[jschmidt]

Carp are a blast on light tackle! way to go.