"John B" wrote in message
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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!

The wind, heat, & bugs are just part of the experience. Not to mention
being woke up in the middle of the night by wild donkeys braying, finding
anything you left out stolen by packrats and foxes, and occasionally get the
heck scared out of you by hearing a bobcat scream. And of course there is
getting stuck in the sand and finding out two spare tires isn't enough when
rock climbing some little back country wash to get into the back side of a
lake you really want to fish.

When you get tired of sipping pina coladas and strolling your private bass
pond, come on out and we will do some adventure fishing. I've got several
other backwaters picked out to try and get into, although we will probably
go to this one again the next time either with float tubes or with my canoe.
I'm not convinced we can get the canoe through the brush, but my backwater
fishing buddy is willing to give it a try once.

Bob La Londe

http://www.YumaBassMan.com