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I got out this week for a low water float. I was going to go out Monday but the temp, at my house, was 42 and it’s always colder on the river. So I chose another day, but when I went I wimped out and wore waders. Last trip I couldn’t find a lure they wanted but yesterday they were hitting everything. So caught another walleye and the smallmouths and goggle eyes were out too. Took a few pictures . The bigger smallmouths were in the deep holes. I hooked another gar on a shallow crankbait but he jumped out and through the lure. It was a great day on the river, a little more walking than I would have like but still a great day. Of course I released everything . CPR…..

I kayaked down the river this week. The river was low and slow. It was a slow fishing day too. I went through a lot of lures but I couldn’t find the right ones or the right depth. As you can see I found another walleye. I use to have walleye holes on the river but now I catch them everywhere. I also caught a gar. When I got it next to the kayak I took a video in case he got off…which he did. But I counted it as a catch since I would have released him anyway….no picture worthy smallmouth. I’m wondering how many walleyes will be caught on Sept 21. We will need pictures 😁… Great day on the river and they were all released….CPR…. IMG_6920.mov

I kayaked down the river last week. A storm was coming in so it good now days you can take your weather radar, phone, with you down the river. The last 45 min I had to just paddle to beat the weather. Saw a dog house with a message and a strange object in the river. I caught the walleyes on the same lure. Good day on the river even if it was a little rushed…. I took a few pictures and Released them all…..

Upstream from Delaware…

Right brand, wrong model…

I had a double this week on the river. Not my first and hopefully not my last, always fun. It was windy but had a great time. You could throw about anything and I think a goggle eye would hit it. Even found some crappies vcompress_9.mov

I did take a video, for the grands, of an eerie spinning foam….🤪. But doesn’t this video make you want to grab your fishing pole and go down to the creek….. vcompress_7.mov

I got out on the river this week. Floated down to Delaware. I thought the rain from the day before would have helped with the level and flow but no. I caught a mess of goggle eyes, they were hitting everything. But you never know what you’re going to catch going down the river and as you can tell by the pictures I caught a “smorgasbord of fish”. Nothing big but the catfish was right at 22 inches on an 1/8 oz jig, and she did towed me around the river. It seemed she was swimming a pattern, on the bottom of the river, one next to the bank, one next to a stump, and one out near the center. We did this loop 4 or 5 times. But I could be wrong…. Great day on the river, released them all..

I got on the river this week and used a “new to me” trailer on my jigs. The goggle eyes were eating it up. Probably just right color, right action and right time of day, but it will be on my rod next trip. The smallmouths were very acrobatic, most of them jumped out of the river on the way back to the kayak. Caught a long skinny cat, on the jig and once again I found another walleye. She was upstream from the bridge at Shelving Rock in a small riffle 2 ft deep. Caught her on a crankbait that dives 5 ft. Great day on the river…released them all….CPR…

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I thought Longear Sunfish were “pumpkinseeds” …..

I got on the river this week and thought I would post a couple pictures of a few of the fish. The largest bass I caught was very dark in color. I don’t think I have caught one that dark before. I had a good day catching smallmouths, goggle eyes, pumpkinseeds, a gar that got off and a couple of walleyes, someone must be stocking them on the James…..only kidding. I found the walleyes in the deep holes and caught them on crankbaits. One was pretty nice…. I did catch a fish, I thought, and while I was reeling it in it seemed sort of strange when I finally saw it, it looked like the line had wrapped around a stick with the fish caught on the lure. When it got close enough, a gar had the fish in its mouth and my lure was still in the fish’s mouth, swimming upstream. Needless to say they both got away….but they left me a story to tell….Great day on the river….released them all…..

Still recovering, so how about a couple of pictures, from my trip before the Gar float. I caught smallmouth, no pictures, cats, and a walleye…..Delaware to Shelvin….

I also caught this sad little fish…I wonder what happened to it…

Put she in the kayak for a picture…