Great Afternoon on the Hooch

[Squirrel_Fisher]

<p>This afterrnoon Yellow Old Town and myself decided to brave the labor day rafters and hit the hooch for some late day fishing. I was little skeptical pulling in the parking lot and seeing only a few spots left to park&hellip;. not a good sign for fishing in our stretch, but we came this far might as well float on and see what we get&hellip; and I&#39;m glad we did. Plenty of bikini&#39;s and beers to make it good no matter what.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Not a spectacular day of fishing but considering all the people out I was pretty happy. We probably pulled in close to 10 LMB and 1 Jack/pike/fish with a ton of teeth! Most of them were caught on purple, green, brown plastics and a few on crank baits.&nbsp; I&#39;ll try a post up a couple of the ones from my phone but I&#39;ll add the rest later.</p>
<p>Oh, did I forget to mention, Yellow Old Town pulled in a HUGE 24&Prime;+ LMB on a broken-back swim bait from knee deep water in a set of shoals we&#39;ve never stopped at before, that pic is on YOT camera.</p>
<p>EDIT: Pictures added below</p>
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<p>This guy liked the bait so much he hooked his mouth and his tail in one!</p>
<p><img src="/site/wp-content/forum-user-photos/Rivr_Runr/pike 1.JPG" alt="" width="640" height="480" /></p>
<p><img src="/site/wp-content/forum-user-photos/Rivr_Runr/pike 2.JPG" alt="" width="640" height="480" /></p>
<p><img src="/site/wp-content/forum-user-photos/Rivr_Runr/LMB 1.JPG" alt="" width="640" height="480" /></p>
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<p>Walking back to the apt with the yak, canoe, and gear on my milk crate cart. It breaks down and doubles as a crate/tackle box for the back, the PVC uprights work great as rod holders, and the wheels stow in the hatch up front. I can&#39;t take full credit for it though, got the idea from youtube (kayak milk crate cart) but I made a few mods that make it a little easier to handle.&nbsp; Worked out pretty freaking good for the hike.</p>
<p><img src="/site/wp-content/forum-user-photos/Rivr_Runr/cart.jpg" alt="" width="737" height="517" /></p>
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<p>I&#39;ll get the real fish pics up tomorrow, but for now I&#39;m going to crash-</p>

[yellowoldtown]

<p>The best part about catching fish yesterday were all the people watching us like we weren&#39;t going to catch anything...</p>
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<p>But we did. <img title="Laugh" src="/site/wp-content/forum-smileys/sf-laugh.gif" alt="Laugh" /></p>

[BasserDrew]

Nice fish! Nice report and very cool kayak cart you made! No pictures of the bikini hatch you saw on the river? :)

[waderjon]

<p>Cool report..The yak cart is awsome..</p>