"3p" Triathalon

[Wheatenheimer]

So with today being such a fantastic Indian Summer day, I decided to carry out one of my many hair-brained ideas. I could solve the ever-daunting shuttling problem by taking my bicycle with me on a float. When I get to the end of the float, chain the canoe to a tree, strap everything on the bike and peddle my way back to the wagon!

Why didn't I act this out sooner?!?! I put in at the first bridge below 160, off of Seneca road. When I pulled off to park, I noticed a fine gentleman sitting in a lawn chair at the private park pavillion. So I decided to walk up and ask him if it is OK to park here. Super nice fellow! As a matter of fact, he went on to tell me that they had a big retirement party last night which involved 3 kegs of beer and he was waiting for a lady to come pick up the kegs to take them back to the BD. Only problem was, only 2 kegs were empty. Number 3 was full! "Ya want some beer?"

Well, twist my arm, Brother! I sat and visited with my new best friend and drank a few glasses of his free beer! I felt as though I just won the lottery!

As tempting as it was to sit and drink and spin yarns with this Saint among men, I had a mission! The "3P" triathalon! So down the river I go.

I fished a bit along the way, caught a few Goggleye.............

Lots of Pumpkinseeds.................and the strangest of all..............2 White Bass!

Seemed a little odd for this time of year.

I got to my take out and chained the boat to a Sycamore a bit upstream and out of view, then loaded down the Mountain Bike and started heading back to pick up the wagon.

Felt good to work the legs after paddling for the last couple of hours. I then drove down to the next bridge and picked up the canoe. This worked out really well, I do believe I will be participating in more "3P" Triathalon's in the near future!

Thanks for lookin'!

Kevin

[Flysmallie]

I thought you said you were going to Crane???

Looks like a fun trip right up until you ride that bike back to the car!! Maybe I can figure out how to carry a motorcycle in my canoe.

[eric1978]

Very ambitious of you. I've thought about doing that before, but I think I would drop off the bike at the take-out, chain it up, then drive up to the put-in. Seems like it would be better to not have the bike as a floating partner. Either way, you were on the river today and drinking free beer, and I wasn't. Well done.

[TroutRinger]

Did you just park on the side of the road?

[Wheatenheimer]

I thought you said you were going to Crane???

Looks like a fun trip right up until you ride that bike back to the car!! Maybe I can figure out how to carry a motorcycle in my canoe.

Well, Crane was my original intention. Then last night, I stayed up a little too late and after a few too many, I thought "Seeing how Flysmallie doesn't return calls, I'll sleep in and give the Triathalon a shot!"

Eric, I thought about going to the take out first and dropping off the bike, but at this point I was running out of daylight and really wanted to get on the water. As it turns out the bike really wasn't that bad of a floating partner. He never once complained, or got his line tangled up in mine............he never even farted! I wish that fishing with Flysmallie could be so pleasant!

TroutRinger, Yep. Just parked at the little pull off area on the side of the road. My new found friend with the free beer said it would be OK. If you can't trust someone that offers you free beer, who can you trust? Seriously, I have parked there many times in the past and never had any hassel.

Thanks again to all for responding!

Kevin

[TroutRinger]

My new found friend with the free beer said it would be OK. If you can't trust someone that offers you free beer, who can you trust?

Kevin

Good point...do you like that stretch of the river? I recently bought a kayak and am new to fishing this area having only made it on the James a couple times so far. I was thinking next time I would either try the Little Sac between the lakes, the Sac/Little Sac around Ritter Spring, or the Finley at Linden.

[laker67]

Great report and some great pictures. A clever and ambitious approach to float fishing.

[smallmouthjoe]

Great idea, I love the pics. I really like that stretch of the Finley, lots of wood with current running over it, my favorite. Thanks for the great post.

[ozark trout fisher]

So with today being such a fantastic Indian Summer day, I decided to carry out one of my many hair-brained ideas. I could solve the ever-daunting shuttling problem by taking my bicycle with me on a float. When I get to the end of the float, chain the canoe to a tree, strap everything on the bike and peddle my way back to the wagon!

Why didn't I act this out sooner?!?! I put in at the first bridge below 160, off of Seneca road. When I pulled off to park, I noticed a fine gentleman sitting in a lawn chair at the private park pavillion. So I decided to walk up and ask him if it is OK to park here. Super nice fellow! As a matter of fact, he went on to tell me that they had a big retirement party last night which involved 3 kegs of beer and he was waiting for a lady to come pick up the kegs to take them back to the BD. Only problem was, only 2 kegs were empty. Number 3 was full! "Ya want some beer?"

Well, twist my arm, Brother! I sat and visited with my new best friend and drank a few glasses of his free beer! I felt as though I just won the lottery!

As tempting as it was to sit and drink and spin yarns with this Saint among men, I had a mission! The "3P" triathalon! So down the river I go.

I fished a bit along the way, caught a few Goggleye.............

Lots of Pumpkinseeds.................and the strangest of all..............2 White Bass!

Seemed a little odd for this time of year.

I got to my take out and chained the boat to a Sycamore a bit upstream and out of view, then loaded down the Mountain Bike and started heading back to pick up the wagon.

Felt good to work the legs after paddling for the last couple of hours. I then drove down to the next bridge and picked up the canoe. This worked out really well, I do believe I will be participating in more "3P" Triathalon's in the near future!

Thanks for lookin'!

Kevin

It sounds like you had ALL the elements there for a perfect day. Well done.

[Buckshotdad1960]

Well, I started to think your solution was a good idea but just before I stood up to applaud you I remembered, HEY WAIT A MINUTE, I’M LAZY! LOL Depending on how far you paddle, the road and the river can get pretty far apart. So I came up with an improvement on your idea. Late one night I saw an info commercial for a bike that folds up. Get one of those bikes and you’ll take up less room in your boat! Then you can bring along a young person with a drivers license to ride the bike back for you and get your car! You can get in some extra fishing time while you wait.

Yeah, I’m trying to Patten the idea now! I’m gonna be rich! Rich I tell ya! LOL I can just see my idea going global even as we speak! And I owe it all to you! The only place I don’t think it will work is china. There all you have to do is hire someone with a rickshaw who’ll work for crack and just follow you down the creek to pick you up when you’re done. LOL The only draw back I can see with this is trying to enjoy the peace and quiet while some guy drags his rickshaw through the under brush yelling, HEY, YOU STOP NOW! YOU GO TOO FAR! LOL

Boy, I hope no Chinese people are reading this! They might hunt me down and give me the iron claw and twelve kicks of death! LOL Oh well, I deserve it!