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Author:
imsafanct
Date:
Jun 10, 2014
Subject:
King's Island 6/8/14 (and points South...very South)
Message:
Bill and I launched out of Parson's Landing early Sunday morning in search of smallies. The water was low and we had to back the truck way into the water to get the boat to float off. The current was pretty fast at the launch too. We found enough water and headed North a bit and across to the Suffield side. We were able to get one good float Southward in, fishing the clear Western shore water. The smallies didn't disappoint. We were catching immediately, on green pumpkin tubes. None were enormous, but they were in the decent 2lb. range, and fought like hell. I've never caught a smallmouth before and I was psyched to see what their fight was all about. They live up to the hype! From the moment they hit, they just don't stop. They jump, they dig, they go over here, they go over there and they even try to run under the boat. Their energy level is insane. Folks who get into 3-5 lb. smallies have their work cut out for them. What a blast! Once we reached the Northern tip of King's Island, that's where our day went sour. The Western portion of the river between the island and Suffield is indeed very shallow, quite fast and features some rapids. We precariously floated all the way down past the Southern tip of the island down to just past the first bridge, not catching anything. At that point we decided to head back up to try the drift again. We were heading back up river on the Western side of the island and that's when we started knocking the outboard against the rocks and eventually took out the prop. We threw the anchor out, said a few swears and then calmed down enough to make phone calls to our respective wives and our contingency plan was in place. Our only option was to let the river take us South, beach at Bart's or the Bissell Bridge launch and have one of our wives meet us and drive one of us back to Parson's to get the truck. And with thanks to my very lovely, very pregnant wife Lisa, that's exactly what happened. We caught a few more fish on the way down, using the trolling motor sparingly, only to keep us away from hazards. Bill picked me up at 4:30 AM and I finally walked in the door of my house at 5:00 PM. LONG day! We made some mistakes, but we found a new spot and caught some fun fish. I have no complaints, in fact, quite the contrary; I finally got some smallies and had a blast with them. Next time we just know not to go West of King's Island. Live and learn. :) -Eric
Author:
anointed130
Date:
Jun 10, 2014
Message:
That king's island is no joke whatsoever. I had a similar incident. Thank God the water was still high enough to make it back to the ramp but I was knocking my outboard on a few spots as well.
Author:
PECo
Date:
Jun 10, 2014
Message:
I feel for you. I'm on my fourth prop, I think. That's why I'd never get a steel prop; aluminum breaks before your prop shaft does. :wink:
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