Walk In Backwater Adventure

I had spotted a tiny little backwater on the aerial photos and wanted to
give it a try. Bassctchr1 and I decided to walk in. It was a chore. The
brush was a lot thicker in real life than it looked like from the air,
but we found one tiny little spot where we were able to squeeze through
the cattails and see the water.

Bob La Londe
http://www.YumaBassMan.com

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Bob, A friend and myself flew over the river and did the same
thing...charted the small backwater ponds. A couple of them, off the
Arizona Channel, we could pull a small boat through the tules to get to.
But the best one we found, we had to hike in from another little
backwater lake. We often hiked to it and camped there overnight. It was
a hot, treacherous hike, but the bass fishing was awesome, and we
sometimes spent the night catching some pretty nice cats too. Some of my
fondest memories of the "river"!

I spent a good amount of time on the river back then. It was a pretty
good drive from San Diego, but we were both retired navy, and we used
the facilities at the marine camp grounds at Lake Martinez...and the
army recreation area down by Fishers Landing, that included small boats
that we could get in places our boat couldn't go.

I tend to remember the good stuff...and forget the heat, bugs, and
"wind" part though!

John B