jdmidwest Posted January 5, 2009 Posted January 5, 2009 Left Jackson this morning at 5 am and the weather was misty and 61. 3 Hours later, arrived at Wood's Riverbend for breakfast and stepped out into a 42 degree morning with a brisk wind. Filled our guts with a fine breakfast and down to Lasseter Access we went. Geared up and headed out, strong wind blowing from the North about 15 mph or more. Started picking up fish right off the bat on the snail pattern. We fished till noon and we probably caught 30 fish all averaging about 12 inches, no biguns. And we had the place to ourselves. Back to the truck to warm up, went to the Federal Hatchery and looked at the aquarium fish for a while. We assumed body temp again and drove down to the Bayou Access the back way. Arrived at Bayou to find 2 guys cleaning fish and packing up. I fished for about 2 hours and only picked up 2 fish, my buddy was skunked. We fished all the way down to the first waterfall above Riverside. My buddy had switched over to spin gear and a little cleo, but was not having any luck. Back to Lasseters to finish out the day. I worked my way from the Island down to the ramp with no luck. A couple of others were fishing around the ramp and not doing much either. The front had moved thru and the fish had lockjaw. Left out at 3 and was in the driveway at 6:30. 6 hours of drive time, 378 miles on the truck, 6 hours of fishing. 34 degree downturn in temp. "Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously." — Hunter S. Thompson
Danoinark Posted January 5, 2009 Posted January 5, 2009 Obviously you didn't have to find your keys today...or did you? Glass Has Class "from the laid back lane in the Arkansas Ozarks"
jdmidwest Posted January 5, 2009 Author Posted January 5, 2009 Obviously you didn't have to find your keys today...or did you? ???? "Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously." — Hunter S. Thompson
Danoinark Posted January 5, 2009 Posted January 5, 2009 ???? Oooops that was JJ...sorry for the confusion.... Glass Has Class "from the laid back lane in the Arkansas Ozarks"
jdmidwest Posted January 5, 2009 Author Posted January 5, 2009 Well, you were trying to call me jdtroutbum the other day.... "Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously." — Hunter S. Thompson
Danoinark Posted January 5, 2009 Posted January 5, 2009 Well, you were trying to call me jdtroutbum the other day.... I know, I know...its my age...... Glass Has Class "from the laid back lane in the Arkansas Ozarks"
Terry Beeson Posted January 5, 2009 Posted January 5, 2009 JD, Did you feed the groudhog at Riverbend?... If my grandbaby's momma was your waitress, thanks for the big tip to help buy her diapers and toys... I'm surprised you didn't say something about the guys cleaning the fish leaving for a while and coming back. Seems like that is a common occurance at Bayou, but still one of my favorite spots to fish... 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
jdmidwest Posted January 8, 2009 Author Posted January 8, 2009 It was a little cold for the french fry eating ground hog Sunday. I think our waitress was in her late 40's so I don't think it was her. She has worked there for a while. Great food, we usually drive in for breakfast when we stay at Riverside each trip. The guy's at Bayou just cleaned their fish and put them in their car and went downstream to the point to fish some more. The ramp had alot of carcasses piled up at it. We did see a feral hog on the way down to Bayou where the gravel makes the last fork before the turnoff to the access. It was eating acorns out of the road ditch and we pushed it down the road a ways with the bumper. "Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously." — Hunter S. Thompson
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