Members Doc Dave Posted September 14, 2008 Members Posted September 14, 2008 SPENT THE WEEKEND AT RIVERSIDE AND SPENT A LOT OF TIME CASTING AND WONDERING WHERE THE FISH WERE. MILKY WATER AND LOTS OF CANOERS, KAYAKERS, AND FLOATERS TO ADD TO THE MIX. IF IT WAS NOT FOR THE COMPANY, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A BAD WEEKEND.NOT COUNTING THE WIND AND THE RAIN. LOTS OF SMALL FISH, BUT NOTHING TO SPEAK ABOUT. USED MY NEW 4 WT. 8'6" ORVIS WITH BATTENKILL REEL. SURE DO LIKE IT. ALSO USED MY TFO 3 WT 7' 6" WITH A WHITE RIVER REEL I PICKED UP AT ROD AND REEL IN LITTLE ROCK. BOUGHT THE REEL BECAUSE I BROKE OFF ABOUT 1 1/2" INCH OFF THE TIP AND HAD IT REPAIRED WITH A NEW EYE. DIDN'T WANT TO BUY A GOOD REEL IN CASE THE ROD LOST SOMETHING IN THE LOST OF THE 1 1/2. IT WORKED OK SEEING IT IS ONLY 7' 5" NOW. Erin Go Bragh
jdmidwest Posted September 15, 2008 Posted September 15, 2008 Spring River can be like that, and the fish have been small the last few years for some reason. Did you try Lasseters or did you stay at Riverside the whole time? I am booked for the last weekend of Sept. down there. This weekend, did not matter much where you went. "Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously." — Hunter S. Thompson
Members Doc Dave Posted September 15, 2008 Author Members Posted September 15, 2008 We thought about Lassiters but were told fishing was bad all up and down the river. I will wait until the weather gets cold so that the canoers and such are down in numbers. Erin Go Bragh
Terry Beeson Posted September 15, 2008 Posted September 15, 2008 I had lunch at Riverbend Restaurant at Mammoth Sping Sunday and the look of the river was such that it did not inspire me to wet a line. The Spring can be finicky to say the least but is great when it's great. The canoe hatch is a bummer, but you just have to fish around it. Lower (Bayou Access) early in the morning, Lassiter during the day, Dam 3 in the afternoon, back to Bayou late afternoon evening. TIGHT LINES, YA'LL "There he stands, draped in more equipment than a telephone lineman, trying to outwit an organism with a brain no bigger than a breadcrumb, and getting licked in the process." - Paul O’Neil
Members Doc Dave Posted September 15, 2008 Author Members Posted September 15, 2008 How about some specifics! Lower Acces is where exactly? Isn't Lassiter down the tracks? Erin Go Bragh
jdmidwest Posted September 16, 2008 Posted September 16, 2008 The lower access (Bayou Access) is the area just upstream from Riverside. The waterfalls and the long hole along the bluff are at the bottom of it. The riffle above the long bluff hole is where AF&G maintains an access and stocks it weekly, you access it from a county road on the other side or just walk upstream from Riverside at the upper end of the campground. Lassiters is in town across from the motel on the hill. This is wade in area for the most part and is accessible by going thru town to the other side. Dam 3 is by the hatchery and has an island. This is where the canoes launch from. You can walk down tracks from here to hit some holes also. "Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously." — Hunter S. Thompson
Members Doc Dave Posted September 16, 2008 Author Members Posted September 16, 2008 Thanks Erin Go Bragh
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