Fish are still here!

[Gavin]

Day 3 at Sunburst. Had a nice float Monday. SB to Landing.  Gals had to up their game in the kayaks. Tons of riffle water now. Made 12 casts, caught nice little 13” bow. Just played safety boat mostly. Ran  advance and eddied out to retrieve. They did well, got scared in a few spots but made it.

[Gavin]

Last night at Sunburst. Headed down the road to meet some friends in the AM. Great day tubing on Bull Shoals yesterday. Did the Mill Tour, and girls fished Rockbridge for about an hour today. 7 fish, got charged for 18lbs. Nice dinner there then will eat those trout fillets tomorrow.

[Gavin]

Floated last two days out of Sunburst. Family float yesterday and my girls did very well on the float. Did not fish much, just safety boating. But all ran the Falls. Did solo today, out of Kelly. First fish was a 10” Smallmouth in the first Riffle. Had my hands full in the pool below. Big Stiper smacked my Jerkbait and towed my Kayak around for about 5 minutes, before it left me. Could not get the fish and kayak to the bank to land it. No net, and a triple treble Megabass in its face. Caught some trout, a couple smallmouth on the way back to Sunburst.. Bunch  of Big Stipers in the deep hole not far below River of Life. Need heavier tackle and a big net for next trip. Floating down from Sunburst tomorrow, will be looking, and family floating. 

[fishinwrench]

I'm surprised that the stripers are up that far now.    Cool beans!  

[fishinwrench]

Hope you're enjoying what I hung up for y'all tonight.  😊

[snagged in outlet 3]

8 hours ago, fishinwrench said:

Hope you're enjoying what I hung up for y'all tonight.  😊

Moon seems especially bright this month doesn't it??

[Devan S.]

10 hours ago, Gavin said:

Floated last two days out of Sunburst. Family float yesterday and my girls did very well on the float. Did not fish much, just safety boating. But all ran the Falls. Did solo today, out of Kelly. First fish was a 10” Smallmouth in the first Riffle. Had my hands full in the pool below. Big Stiper smacked my Jerkbait and towed my Kayak around for about 5 minutes, before it left me. Could not get the fish and kayak to the bank to land it. No net, and a triple treble Megabass in its face. Caught some trout, a couple smallmouth on the way back to Sunburst.. Bunch  of Big Stipers in the deep hole not far below River of Life. Need heavier tackle and a big net for next trip. Floating down from Sunburst tomorrow, will be looking, and family floating. 

We caught one of those stripers Sunday below river of life. Weighed 7lbs......I'm certainly glad I didn't hook it on my 3 wt. I'm 100% sure it was not the biggest one in that hole either. Probably took 5-10 minutes of chasing it while wading to get it headfirst into the small trout net.  

[Gavin]

Fun float from Sunburst to the Landing today. Wife’s gal pal & daughter joined us yesterday and we took our friends daughter on her first float. Had 2 12 year old girls and the cooler in a rented tandem canoe all day, so no fishing for me. Wife caught an18” striper between Patrick & Althea Spring. It broke her little ultralight but got it to hand, Headed home tomorrow. River is getting too crowded, campground full today-Sunday. Will be back in the fall. Nobody wearing masks, so bring yours. The Sinclair in Cabool is an easy pull through if you need gas, and propane tank fills with an RV in tow.

[Phil Lilley]

Thanks for sharing.  Was wondering how the river was doing.