MObassin95 Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 Wife and I floated the North Fork for the first time today. Floated from Hammond to River of Life Farm. Man, it is a beautiful river. The smallmouth habitat was awesome. Boulders, current, and cool water. The fishing was surprisingly tough. Didn’t get a whole lot of bites and didn’t see a lot of smallmouth. I hope it was a fluke because it would be a shame if such great habitat didn’t support a good population of smallmouth! Also, there were schools of HUGE stripers downstream of Rainbow Spring. That can’t be good for the trout. trythisonemv, nomolites and FishnDave 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishinwrench Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 "Schools" of them ? That far up? In September? Interesting! MObassin95 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MObassin95 Posted September 17, 2023 Author Share Posted September 17, 2023 6 hours ago, fishinwrench said: "Schools" of them ? That far up? In September? Interesting! Yes. Probably saw a total of thirty or so. Impressive fish forsure. Maybe they don’t come up the river to feed. I would hope not because they could eat anything they wanted. trythisonemv and nomolites 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snagged in outlet 3 Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 7 hours ago, fishinwrench said: "Schools" of them ? That far up? In September? Interesting! Uh oh! Someone is about to drive across the state. I bet you have a wild look in your eyes. I used to get that but I kept the gas receipts and pictures of scenery to remind me what it was really like😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BilletHead Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 56 minutes ago, snagged in outlet 3 said: Uh oh! Someone is about to drive across the state. I bet you have a wild look in your eyes. I used to get that but I kept the gas receipts and pictures of scenery to remind me what it was really like😂 Too far from home. He won't budge. He would walk a mile for a Camel but won't drive a hundred miles for a huge striper. 😁 fishinwrench, Daryk Campbell Sr, bfishn and 2 others 5 "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishinwrench Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 1 hour ago, BilletHead said: Too far from home. He won't budge. He would walk a mile for a Camel but won't drive a hundred miles for a huge striper. 😁 Because I know exactly how that would work out. I would drive down, find a place to stay, organize a float, load the canoe, and not witness a single striper. 🙄 I can do Fall trout/smallmouth way closer to home. nomolites and snagged in outlet 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trythisonemv Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 4 hours ago, MObassin95 said: Yes. Probably saw a total of thirty or so. Impressive fish forsure. Maybe they don’t come up the river to feed. I would hope not because they could eat anything they wanted. In Georgia they run up the Savanah in the summer to get food and cool water access and it oxygen rich. This could be a similar scenario BilletHead, nomolites and bfishn 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MObassin95 Posted September 17, 2023 Author Share Posted September 17, 2023 51 minutes ago, trythisonemv said: In Georgia they run up the Savanah in the summer to get food and cool water access and it oxygen rich. This could be a similar scenario Oh that makes sense trythisonemv 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishinwrench Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 Running up to the first few sets of shoals during a rise (maybe as far as Patrick) is common behavior, but running up that far is only common during an attempted spawn. Especially in masse. Or so I would expect. 🤔 trythisonemv 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snagged in outlet 3 Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 2 hours ago, fishinwrench said: Because I know exactly how that would work out. I would drive down, find a place to stay, organize a float, load the canoe, and not witness a single striper. 🙄 I can do Fall trout/smallmouth way closer to home. Stripers and hybrids are impossible to pattern. They’re either eating or they’re not. Most often, NOT! trythisonemv 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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