Back when I was tough, we did a high water float trip on the upper Strawberry. It's been so long since I was tough, no idea what part of the river we were on.😔 But I do seem to remember it was fun.😎
And a baked sweet potato. And a green salad - that has lots of tomato chunks in it too.
That's Montreal Steak for the seasoning. A local favorite, even if I'm nowhere near Canada.
There might be a Sam Adams Summer Ale involved too, who knows?
If it makes me a sissy to not want to be around them then you can call me Nancy from now on. Hate them bad enough to...to.. well, deal with it in my way. As in sell boat and give up slip.
I used to do something similar with about 2/3 of a 55 gallon barrel and a bilge pump that I could use to fill or empty the tank from the river. Made a spray bar from PVC pipe too. Ice helps keep bait and so does rock salt. Used carp fingerlings from Taberville when we could get them - fingerlings meaning 5" to 7", bluegill/sunfish when we could catch them or goldfish in a pinch. Caught a lot of nice flatheads and blues on throw lines. Which I presume you know all about.
Your rig is nice. That filter will get some biology going in nothing flat.
Thanks for posting.