T. Wiles
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I have the same Simms bag, but the medium size, and can’t stand it.
Sure it’s waterproof, but the sides are rigid, and the zippers WILL fail. I was told this after I bought the bag, and sure enough…one hard season of use, and the Zipper’s off track and won’t reseal.
I use some tough SeaLine roll top bags, and they are bullet proof. They’ve got a widemouth version roll top bag with plenty of space, and it’s under $80. It’s tough, easy access, and much less expensive than some other options.
Travis
Allright Mike…
How long is it going to be before we see a Carbon Maverick in your driveway???Looks like a great time. Nice shots!
TravisA fishing dream that few will ever live….Your images have captured some inspiring glimpses of such a wild place.
I can only imagine how amazing that place is.
Great fish and wonderful photos.
You guys are killing me.
I’m doing my research–planning floats, and getting ready to chase those bruisers with all I’ve got this Fall and Winter.About 25lbs on the Boga. I wish that Hyde was mine
–it belongs to my buddy John, and Rusty (our good friend) was rowing us down some shallow runs when I watched the fish give chase and annihilate her plug. A coulple hundred yards later and after almost snapping the rod …she wore him out.BTW—Gander Mtn has some serious big fish nets as well. You gotta have some space to fit them, but if you’re chasing muskie…it’s worth the hassle.
(Point taken guys–I got excited on my first muskie, and since then I’ve learned the handing techniques and what not to do—sorry to steer off course)
Good luck on your choice, Cole.
Tiny olive buggers (size 12-8) in between the clumps of coontail moss will work wonders with light tippet and split shot to sink it on high sun clear water days in the bigger pools where many fish are visible…gotta let it sink a ways before stripping in.
Two questions:
1. On what river were you catching the smallmouth?
2. Have the smallies started to push the minnows on to the banks?Lower Holston
Smallies are clustered, but not abundant in their usual haunts.Listen to Randy,
I know very little about the CFS flows of the Nolichucky, but I do know it’s one of the most dangerous rivers I fish due to it’s ledges and numerous barely submerged shelfs.
I’m sure the triumph of achieving such great photos only adds to the sweetness of catching large, mean fish in gin clear water.
Thanks for sharing glimpses of a rare fishing experience that now has my imagination racing.
Travis
Looks like fun Joel….but you can have all that snow. Come August, I’ll be glad to switch places with ya.
http://www.tnfish.org/FishDiseasesParasites_TWRA/AchtheresGillMaggotsNegus_TWRA.htm
Here ya go—-“Gill maggots”
TWRA calls it a beneficial symbiont…but the striper guys are swearing up and down that it’s destroying the larger fish.
I’ll have to side with the anglers who are on the water more than 3/4 of the year. :-/Edited the post to respond to you Mike. Both anglers and the biologist may be right. I do believe that such a hitch hiker makes the host susceptible to opportunistic infections, and during low O2, high temp years…which we experienced during these record droughts….the big fish just aren’t making it.
I sure hope this trend turns around, and this Striper Funk runs it’s course.Travis
Thanks Travis – that’s also interesting.
What’s the gill parasite you’re referring to called, Travis, if you know?
Zach
Not sure what it’s called, but every one of the BIG striper anglers in the area that I’ve spoken with has described having some encounter with it.
Not sure about the white bass runs in the GA, but here in TN on the middle Holston, many of the locals tell stories lately of how dramatic the decline has been in the spring runs of these fish…especially in the past 10 years.
Typical story tells of when thousands of fish would flood the rivers during the late March/April runs of “Stripe” and how the anglers would line the banks fishing for them.
Obviously overharvesting is the immediate concern, but the decline has also affected the Hybrids and Stripers that are stocked annually.My suspicion runs HIGH that the gill parasite that has decimated the big stripers in these waters may have taken it’s toll on the white bass runs.
