Boiling Spring to Jerome

[jim murphy]

A friend and I floated from Boiling Spring to Jerome. It was a nice float, and one we intend to do more. The jetboats were numerous, but had no problems with them passing by. There was also a lot of vegetation, though it did not seem to effect the current speed of the river.

There was a fair amount of fishing preasure on this section of the river. Most of the people we talked with said that the fishing had been slow. We managed to catch over 20 smallmouth, most of them in the 12 to 14 inch range and had 5 or 6 measuring 15 inches or better. All on variety of soft plastics.

The one oddity of the trip was a 13 inch smallmouth I had caught, at Jerome, had a lamprey attached to its side. The lamprey fell off when I took the fish out of the water to remove the hook leaving a small scare. And the Smallmouth seemed in better spirits after losing its excess baggage.

jim