fishtaco
08-08-2011, 09:04 AM
Put the Coosas to work this past weekend, it was my first time in one on a river float trip in Louisiana. This is where the Coosa excels and I have been putting it off in favor of chasing redfish in the marsh. An acceptable trade in my mind. Blake, his dad, and I floated a Florida Parish river in search of spotted(kentucky) bass. Blake’s dad just recently bought a Coosa, what better way to break it in?
The river was a bit low, we’ve had a lot of afternoon thunderstorms this summer, but it has not been enough to sustain river levels in our area. We’re in a bit of a drought, though it doesn’t hold a candle to what Texas is dealing with. With the river levels down, the current was a bit slower as well, which helped us when fishing areas that we normally zoom by. Clarity was really good as well, which was expected with the lack of rain.
I threw a popper pretty much all day, the bite was consistent enough that I did not feel the need to switch to anything else. If I had thrown a smaller popper I probably could have caught upwards of a hundred bluegill & sunnies, they hit the fly on almost every cast. I managed to land my biggest spot on the fly too, 1.85 lbs. He had the head of a bass much bigger, but was skinny like a snake. I was excited when I saw him in the water, thinking that I might of had a shot at Blake’s state record on the fly, but those hopes were dashed when I put him on the scale.
We stopped on a sand bar at lunch and used the elite seats in our Coosas to eat in the shade. We also took a dip in the river to cool down before resuming our float. That’s one of the great things about summer time river floats, you just can’t do that kind of thing in the marsh. The trip was an all day affair, but it was a lot of fun. I really need to make more float trips.
More here: http://jacksonkayak.com/benroussel/2011/08/07/beatin-the-heat/
http://i922.photobucket.com/albums/ad68/broussel/Fishing/08_06_2011/IMGP5971.jpg
The river was a bit low, we’ve had a lot of afternoon thunderstorms this summer, but it has not been enough to sustain river levels in our area. We’re in a bit of a drought, though it doesn’t hold a candle to what Texas is dealing with. With the river levels down, the current was a bit slower as well, which helped us when fishing areas that we normally zoom by. Clarity was really good as well, which was expected with the lack of rain.
I threw a popper pretty much all day, the bite was consistent enough that I did not feel the need to switch to anything else. If I had thrown a smaller popper I probably could have caught upwards of a hundred bluegill & sunnies, they hit the fly on almost every cast. I managed to land my biggest spot on the fly too, 1.85 lbs. He had the head of a bass much bigger, but was skinny like a snake. I was excited when I saw him in the water, thinking that I might of had a shot at Blake’s state record on the fly, but those hopes were dashed when I put him on the scale.
We stopped on a sand bar at lunch and used the elite seats in our Coosas to eat in the shade. We also took a dip in the river to cool down before resuming our float. That’s one of the great things about summer time river floats, you just can’t do that kind of thing in the marsh. The trip was an all day affair, but it was a lot of fun. I really need to make more float trips.
More here: http://jacksonkayak.com/benroussel/2011/08/07/beatin-the-heat/
http://i922.photobucket.com/albums/ad68/broussel/Fishing/08_06_2011/IMGP5971.jpg