Seriously thinking about putting in at the 78 bridge on Saturday and trying to paddle down to the power line area. Anybody interested/had any experience with this? On the google maps tracking feature it looks like about 3 miles or so.

Bowfin anyone?


If the bass forum dudes are telling the truth , might even see one of these...

ive been wanting to do the same thing however i doubt i will be able to saturday. we r getting ready to move. but anytime after the 22nd i would be down.

thats a nice lookin bowfin.
reminds me of the sleastack peeps in LandOfTheLost

pics please...lol

A friend and I made the paddle last Saturday in his canoe. We made it past the power lines, and bumped elbows with a few powerboats. It was a nice paddle, but we didn't catch anything. I expected to find a lot of crappie holding in the structure along the way, but I guess the bluebird skies had everyone keeping their mouths shut. I'll be going again once it warms up.

Be sure to take a 4wd if it's at all muddy.

I was going to ask where you launch from around the 78 bridge. The 4WD statement answers most of that I guess. One of the real drawbacks of trailering my yak.

Let us know how you do. Sounds like fun. I'll start testing the golf course reeds/cat tails in about 3 weeks and running a few jugs in the shallows while I work my way north.

Shouldn't be long now.

Good luck, Phill

Any yall ever put in at the channelized creek (Camps Creek?) on 205 and accessed the lake and river channel from there?

it comes out south of the mouth of the river. not much stuff in camps creek to hold fish. just a long barren channel with overhanging trees.

i took my kayak down river yesterday afternoon. i had a little better luck than last weekend. however, it seemed that the fish were only holding in one spot. i caught fish at it on the way down, and on the way back, but nowhere else... weird! all small, but i caught crappie, sandbass, largemouth, and one yellow. if you are looking for dinner i'd go somwhere else, but it was tons of fun for a warm february afternoon

Hey bryan, where did you put your kayak in at?
Thanks

i put in at 78.

Hey thanks for the reports, Bryan. You may have swayed me. Thing is, I know there are good fish in the river at times, but considering your reports and the fact that I haven't felt a pull in about a month I may go somewhere else. Then again, even if I don't get any fish, I really do need do some recon in there at some point. Decisions, decisions. We'll see what I feel like in the morning. Definitely going somewhere.