Marshall To Rockhouse

[hoglaw]

Well, what do you guys think? I've floated all of the river below Rockhouse, but never Marble to Marshall or Marshall to Rockhouse. The Berryville graph shows above four feet at the moment and it's not dropping very quickly. With a few more rains predicted, I would think it would likely be the same by this weekend. Is that sufficient water to push me down to Rockhouse in a single day? I'm guessing it is. I'd like to take the wife for a fall float to look at leaves (while I fish from the back of course). Can't think of a better way to spend Halloween then slinging a Sammy - if I'm not going to the game that is.

I'm assuming the fishing is still pretty good this high up, but if anyone has any nuggets of wisdom they'd like to share, I'm all ears.

[wacky worm]

hey brother how are you

i would like to get in on some of that

my gal is working on sat

and i was dreaming of floating somewhere different

are you wanting to go alone?

let me know

might be able to swing that one

russ

[hoglaw]

Actually, I need another group to go with us for shuttling purposes. I've got the Honda with canoe trailer, so if we could get another rig capable of carrying my canoe and another boat (whatever you're using), that would be awfully convenient. Not sure if I'm going to hit it up on Saturday or Sunday yet, but I'll let you know. Just to be clear, you're wanting to go on Saturday, or do you want to wait until Sunday so Jean Anne can go?

[eric1978]

  hoglaw said:

I'd like to take the wife for a fall float to look at leaves (while I fish from the back of course). Can't think of a better way to spend Halloween then slinging a Sammy

Those two sentences don't go together quite like peanut butter and chocolate, and here's why:

It's those pretty leaves falling on the river that's gonna make your Sammy pretty much useless. Might be a little cool, too. If the water's running high and fast, you might not have major leaf problems, I was fine mid-last week after a blowout. The topwater bite was pretty much non-existant, though. I'd be sure to bring some spinnerbaits, flukes, Warts, Pointers, tubes and jigs to try if your Sammy's not doin' the trick.

[hoglaw]

Yeah, I figured leaves might be an issue, but I always carry too many rods for just that reason. I just can't go smallmouth fishing without a sammy anymore. On my trip down the lower buffalo wilderness a month ago, I couldn't get bit on anything BUT a Sammy and I would have thought the top water bite was non-existent there too.

[bobber]

that's a two day trip! ...water is murky, not much to look at, and only a few gravel bars to camp on (3) fishing is much better from trigger gap down to the hwy 62 bridge.. just food for thought! .......all bets are off http://waterdata.usgs.gov/ar/nwis/uv/?site..._cd=00065,00060