Mt. Hershey-Gilbert 6/19-21

[grizwilson]

Floated Mt. Hershey-Gilbert 6/19-21, longer than I like for 3 days but... Water was too low Mt. Hershey to Baker Ford, but fishing was fair just got tired of draging nearly every shoal. No big fish, but many 12-13 inchers. Best luck was on a small chompers double tail grub and small 4 in plastic. worm, red flake watermelon and motor oil seemed to be the best colors. The float from Bakers Ford to Gilber was quite nice, not out of the canoe a single time to drag. But fishing was slower. Special thanks to Bobber, for his recommendations Gilbert Store was great on the shuttle, and the Gilbert Cafe was EXCELLENT.

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[Ferguson Bills]

How far is the trip from bakers to Gilbert. We are floating next weekend and looking for a nice day float with good fishing

[Brownie Whisperer]

_{Well we have the Bakers ford to Gilbert float booked for this week. I'm hoping it'll turn out ok... It's what my boy wanted to do for his B day... couldn't ask for a better boy... I'll post how it went... We've fished the Buffalo many times, but i've never floated this section.. it should be ok... I don't like hearing that it was slow for you grizwilson. Was there alot of other canoe traffic? We are going Thursday... so it should be decent??}

_{I've done the Gilbert to Maumee south float... water was up too much for good fishing IMO.... but i usually think it's too fast for good fishing.... being a wade fisherman at heart.}

[grizwilson]

Bakers Ford to Gilbert is 11.7 miles, pretty long day if you are fishing, Tyler Bend to Gilbert is is just 5.6 miles, but gets a lot of traffic. Brownie, Thursday should be good, but that section gets much more fishing pressure, but it should be ok. Better than Friday when we floated through, but there are usually too many humaniods around Tyler and Grinders... but lots of good holes and a pleasant float. The smallies seem to tend to be behind things, be sure and fish the down side of large rocks and laydowns. Tight Lines

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