slab slinger Posted July 17, 2015 Posted July 17, 2015 Thanks for water levels and pics of the river. I'll be looking for your report. Have been wanting to float but been busy as normal in summer. Hope you tear em up Dougie.
Members Dougie Posted July 18, 2015 Author Members Posted July 18, 2015 Was able to get out early am and float from Delaware to Shelvin Rock Access. The float normally will take 6-7 hours for me as I like to fish , wade and float. This morning it took about 4 hours and could have been done in 3, the river is flowing nicely and clear of debris. Caught my first Small just below the 14 bridge and my buddy caught a large there as well. The bite was really good all day but strangely picked up as the heating of the day set in. For those familiar with this section of the river, there is a deep hole we refer to as Gar hole near the end of the trip where you can see the huge house way up on the hill, then there is a long stretch after gar hole that leads to the bridge above Shelvin hole. that little section was so HOT today it was incredible and a ton of fun. Each cast produced a small mouth between 12 and 15" and one closer to the 17-18 range. I've never caught many fish in this section but today it was smallie heaven ) All fish where set free for us all to hopefully catch another day. Caught so many I couldn't take pictures of them all but here are a few. Water has better clarity and a little more green than even Thursday. For those who track stats as I do the flow was at 944 cfps with a gauge height of 4.02 The river is safe and they are hungry go get'em. Be safe ,tight lines, big smiles! slab slinger, brother dave and Phil Lilley 3
slab slinger Posted July 19, 2015 Posted July 19, 2015 Great report Dougie... Sounds like a great day on the river. Glad to see you got into the fish. Little jealous though I was planning on going today but couldnt free up the time from the family. Well done on the 18" small jaw. That's a good fish on the river in my book. Dougie 1
yaknar Posted July 19, 2015 Posted July 19, 2015 Way to go Dougie, thanks for the pictures and report. I'm hoping it will be my turn at the end of this week but..... Dougie 1
Members dpenny Posted July 19, 2015 Members Posted July 19, 2015 We're supposed to be on the river Thursday and Friday. Hope its not enough rain to muck things up too bad. Dougie 1
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