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Author:
PECo
Date:
Sep 03, 2011
Subject:
Bantam River 09/03
Message:
My wife promised to go kayaking with me this Summer and since Labor Day is almost here, we went. We paddled down Bantam River from the canoe launch on Whites Wood Way. We launched at 8:00 am. I paddled El Habaņero and she paddled La Calabaza:
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It was sunny and warm, and there was a light south breeze. The water level was still higher than normal, but we could see that it was obviously down several feet from the high water marks on the plants and structure along the banks. We had a nice, leisurely paddle. I took one setup with me, and threw a frog and a buzzbait on our way downriver. I didn't get a single hit on the way down. We paddled past the big beaver condo:
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And we went over the dam:
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But we didn't go into the lake, because the south wind was blowing fairly strongly at the mouth of the river. I decided to try fishing deeper on the way back upriver and tied on a wacky Senko. Unfortunately, I didn't get so much as a nibble on the way back to the launch. We got off of the water at 10:30 am. I had a nice paddle, but where did all of the fish go? :?
Author:
bdiggy
Date:
Sep 04, 2011
Message:
Lower half of the river has always been weak as far as the "good bite" goes. You need to paddle up and fish little pond inside the board walk. DEP screwed all that rivers fishing up when the tore the big beaver dam down upstream 16 years ago so the kayakers didn't need to get out of their boats.........naturally, no offense, lol. :wink:
Author:
DirtyDawg10
Date:
Sep 04, 2011
Message:
Nice to see you got your Wife out on the water.
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