The Rapid River and a kid

On 03 Jul 2004 01:37:36 GMT, irate (Dave LaCourse) wrote:

dt writes:

Damn - there's usually still good water two weeks into July, at least.
Why the new rule?


They (who the hell are "they", anyway?) say that the brookies gather in this
water during the heat of summer. The new regs are to protect the fish (???).
Also, the river below the Currents is closed as of Sept 15, rather than the
30th.

DAMNATION! I'm beginning to smell a conspiracy here - they're going to kill
any use of the river to "save it". Sheeeyit! It'll look like the OK Corral
above Pondy come mid September...

There was no one at pondy two weeks ago. River flow was 390, so fishing
the 2nd Current was a snap. The big brookies are still there. The flow went
up to 490 and then to 590 the day we arrived (Monday).

Although the lake is low (down about 5 or 6 feet), and the flow skinny (390
from May 13 to a week ago) the river temp is still low - 63 degrees F. The
region has been blessed with some very cold nights during June, and lots of
cold rain.

Yeah, we could actually do with a little less of that blessed rain about
now...

Still have yet to catch my first bass.

Try the Andy - it's full of 'em! ;-)

/daytripper (thinking about a bigger salt water boat again...)

daytripper wrote:



/daytripper (thinking about a bigger salt water boat again...)


me too... a 17' bay boat is great for flats and sound fishing, but
sal****er baths offshore are a bit testy. what have you been looking at?

jeff

On Sat, 03 Jul 2004 07:20:31 -0400, Jeff Miller
wrote:



daytripper wrote:



/daytripper (thinking about a bigger salt water boat again...)


me too... a 17' bay boat is great for flats and sound fishing, but
sal****er baths offshore are a bit testy. what have you been looking at?

We've definitely outgrown our 18' bow-rider, there's a whole world beyond its
limits. Even the SO has been pushing for a bigger boat, so I got that going
for me :-)

I've been looking at 23'-25' center consoles, large enough to have a head in
the console - a "gotta have" feature for spousal unit buy-in :-) but small
enough to trailer. Whatever it turns out to be it'll have a 200-225hp Yamaha
60° v6.

On the short list if new: Scout 235 Sportfish, SeaPro 238 CC, Genmar Fishhawk
213 CC and 233 CC. I would enjoy any of them. But if a great used deal falls
out of the sky towards the end of the summer I might spring for that...

/daytripper

i love my little 17' sea pro bay boat... easy for me to trailer and
single hand...but, i have started easing out in the ocean and there are
some interesting things out there (plus, far fewer humans than around
the inshore areas). it's just around the corner and the gulf stream is
only about 30 miles out. there's a reason they call them "bay boats", so
i'm yearning for another new ride that will safely carry me out into the
yonder...

i'm trying (unsuccessfully so far) to put a group together to buy a deep
sea fishing machine to hit the stream for a few years. i'm focused on a
used carolina classic or albemarle in the 24-28' range, but, for the
trailering advantage, i've also looked at that new "palmetto" 24 (?) by
sea pro too.

the salt water flyfishing along the carolina coast has matured (some of
us say mutated), and the fat albert chase around cape lookout is now
probably akin to that popular kiddie pool on the san juan (hell, even
wally has traveled down to harkers island for the circus g). you can
still find spots in bays and salt marshes that afford a measure of
tranquility, and some nice fish. but, that warm blue stream looks kinda
interesting and my fishing mentor ain't getting any younger. g

do you fish the cape areas up there? how far out do you go and what do
you fish for, primarily?

jeff

daytripper wrote:

On Sat, 03 Jul 2004 07:20:31 -0400, Jeff Miller
wrote:



daytripper wrote:



/daytripper (thinking about a bigger salt water boat again...)


me too... a 17' bay boat is great for flats and sound fishing, but
sal****er baths offshore are a bit testy. what have you been looking at?


We've definitely outgrown our 18' bow-rider, there's a whole world beyond its
limits. Even the SO has been pushing for a bigger boat, so I got that going
for me :-)

I've been looking at 23'-25' center consoles, large enough to have a head in
the console - a "gotta have" feature for spousal unit buy-in :-) but small
enough to trailer. Whatever it turns out to be it'll have a 200-225hp Yamaha
60° v6.

On the short list if new: Scout 235 Sportfish, SeaPro 238 CC, Genmar Fishhawk
213 CC and 233 CC. I would enjoy any of them. But if a great used deal falls
out of the sky towards the end of the summer I might spring for that...

/daytripper

Jeff Miller wrote:

the salt water flyfishing along the carolina coast has matured (some of
us say mutated), and the fat albert chase around cape lookout is now
probably akin to that popular kiddie pool on the san juan (hell, even
wally has traveled down to harkers island for the circus g).

and i plan on comin' down again this fall and chasin' those sweet
darlins' .... them puppies are *BAD*

you know what's funny..... it's been nearly 3/4 of a year since i
was down there.... i don't think a day has gone by when i don't
reminisce about that trip. it was fun to be on the salt again and
i can barely stand it waiting for the next trip.

wally