No pike, just bass...

[buzzbaiter]

Bushwhacked a short section of the PR today. Only had about an hour or so but caught three largies and a rare smallie. All fat and healthy. Unusual to catch a smallie that far upriver where its sticks and mud. No signs of pike. Included a picture of my boots in the water to show how low and clear the river was. I was standing mid-river(where its 60 feet wide) where it was all of 10" deep. Its about as low as I've ever seen it. Humidity was back today and so were the mosquitoes.

[Eskimo]

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Those are all some fat, healthy bass.



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[FASTEDDIE29]

That river isn't so bad after all. Just has a bad rap with the muddy silty bottom and floods way to easy. Nice BASS!

[buzzbaiter]

If Andy S wants some tires, P has quite a few. With the clear water, u can see all kinds of junk in there - including propane tanks, a large dumpster and even a car axle. Despite this, it is a river chock full of life. More crayfish then you can count and schools of baitfish in the form of white suckers, fallfish, shiners and fathead minnows. No wonder every bass I get looks like its about to explode. It also explains all the wildlife around there. Great Blue Herons, Common(white) Egrets, Raccoons, Mink, Cormorants and Kingfishers. Tracks of animals I have no idea what they are. River really draws in the animals. Case in point was a furry critter running out onto a large fallen tree that spanned almost the entire river. He just ran up it, sat down and watched me for a few seconds before running off. Was a Red Fox.

That said, we need rain in a bad way if only to spread fish out. Not flooding just get it back up a foot or two.

[Lyle23]

Only thing I've actually landed out of that river was catfish. Couldn't hook a pike, yet. Had plenty of takes that I watched, but, nada. I'm stuck on the bank and the stretch where I fish is a bit tough as far as access, but, I have scoped a few great looking sections, if I had a boat or a yak. Good to see this backyard water producing some nice fish. Great catches.