Fishing Forum

My clients didn't like the weather report and bailed on me Saturday, so me and Ed McCoy (enmreal) made a jaunt to the Riverpark for the afternoon of "unsettled" weather. We got to test our rainsuits. emoRain <br /><br />First fish we believe was a drum, but aren't really sure. All I know is I got to watch Ed fight it for about 15 minutes on #4 test line before it broke him off. emoBawl But it was fun while it lasted.<br /><br />It was slow but we managed another drum or two, a channel cat and I hooked what I know was a trophy smallmouth. But we parted ways as he made his very first screaming run... it's what I get for trying to get by with old line which I knew was marginal. emoBang <br /><br />Then we checked some slack water for crappie and found a BUNCH. Just like on the lake however, you have to cull through a boat load of short fish to find keepers. We found four of those in about an hour... along with assorted bluegill, rock bass, stripe, etc.<br /><br />Lastly we went to check on stripers... we should have done that earlier. emoDoh <br /><br />They were going crazy just as we arrived... I got so excited I couldn't cast and immediately backlashed. emoBadLanguage Finally got that undone (after a bunch of monster fish had stopped boiling) and coaxed a twenty-pounder into crushing my Redfin... my first topwater striper in a long while. It's a good thing I don't get the chance to do that too much... my emoHeart couldn't handle it. Not long after that the birds departed, along with the fish. There one minute... gone the next. Go figure. emoScratch But it was a fun afternoon with enmreal, which means life is good and gettin' better every day!<br />