07-17-2010, 10:52 PM
I'm far from an expert, but I have some experience with the area.
First, there may be scorpions, but I've never seen them. Myself, I hate snakes, know there are rattlers out there, but haven't actually seen any there, either.
I grew up small mouth fishing with my dad just downstream of the bridge out there (the bridge is just down stream of the park). I just got back into fishing this year (why I took so much time off is beyond me) and have only made one trip out there this year. I caught a half dozen small mouth, the biggest was only about 12" but I still had fun. My dad and I always fished grubs out there, so that's what I used when I went out. I tried a rapala, just to quickly loose it, and a huge spoon that I conveniently found after loosing a jig, but the only variation I had any luck with was a grub on a spinner harness. I guess to me it just seems like when you're down there you're supposed to use a grub on a lead jighead, so I never try much else. Memories die hard.
Also, if you go to the park, I think they actually offer Atlatl classes there. I haven't done it, but I mean to. How many other kids will be able to go to school in the fall and say they got to learn how to throw a primitive spear weapon? Sounds cool to me.
Good luck.
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First, there may be scorpions, but I've never seen them. Myself, I hate snakes, know there are rattlers out there, but haven't actually seen any there, either.
I grew up small mouth fishing with my dad just downstream of the bridge out there (the bridge is just down stream of the park). I just got back into fishing this year (why I took so much time off is beyond me) and have only made one trip out there this year. I caught a half dozen small mouth, the biggest was only about 12" but I still had fun. My dad and I always fished grubs out there, so that's what I used when I went out. I tried a rapala, just to quickly loose it, and a huge spoon that I conveniently found after loosing a jig, but the only variation I had any luck with was a grub on a spinner harness. I guess to me it just seems like when you're down there you're supposed to use a grub on a lead jighead, so I never try much else. Memories die hard.
Also, if you go to the park, I think they actually offer Atlatl classes there. I haven't done it, but I mean to. How many other kids will be able to go to school in the fall and say they got to learn how to throw a primitive spear weapon? Sounds cool to me.
Good luck.
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