Muddy water fun

[jhammer]

I had a great feeling about the river today and arrived bright and early about 7 A.M. After wading out to my spot, I tied on a black Kat Killer and had myself a field day with Freshwater Drum, Longnose Gar, and Carp. I managed to land two nice Carp and lost three HUGE fish that I had no chance of besting. I was using my 6wt Echo. I usually use my 8wt, but the tip busted when I was out yesterday. I was holding the rod in the middle looking at one of the guides and a large fish hit the fly dangling in the water and went deep. I'm happy that today went well because I needed to get my carpin' on and it felt great. It was a great way to break in the new rod. Here's some pictures!

Carp #1

Carp #2

Longnose Gar

 

[mbphotos54]

I seen a gar attaching a bass nesting today. tossed a few flys at both, never got a hit. even with my crawfish..

 

[ted4887]

I haven't been able to hook into a gar yet with a normal fly. I've got a bit of nylon rope and sharpies sitting on my bench right now that get thrown at gar soon.

 

[brookfieldangler]

Sounds like a great day! I missed quite a few gar today...just couldn't get a good enough hook set

 

[jhammer]

Sounds like a great day! I missed quite a few gar today...just couldn't get a good enough hook set

I missed quite a few too. It's hard to get a good hold on that beak of theirs.

 

[nomadic piscator]

Went out today with the man Jhammer. We seriously smashed some fish. I had my doubts when he told me that I would leave with a sore arm but now I'm a believer. We started the day out pretty early this morning and I had hooked into my first catfish within 15 minutes. It was non-stop drum all day. Not very many were small either. He managed to prove himself as the carp master by landing way more then I did. The size of most of these fish was unbelievable. The man is truly the master of the muddy water. Here's just a couple shots of the day. Keep in mind that we took over 80 pictures.

He"ll be posting some of himself later as well

 

[mcnerney]

Wow, you guys are having a field day on that muddy water, congrats!

 

[jhammer]

I had a great day with nomadic piscator today. It was a blast fishing with him and we certainly put the smackdown on some fish. I was happy to introduce him to my home waters and let him have some muddy water fun. Each of us caught many fish and quite a wide variety of species as well. At one point, we even had a carp double on!

 

[theboz]

Man you guys were killing out there . And I am so dang jealous of that Longnose gar . I spent 10 days in N.C. Trying to get just one . Gar 24 Me 0! Great trip and cool pics. Thanks for sharing !

 

[jhammer]

Here's a few of my pictures from today. Piscator and I make one heck of a fly fishing team. We drew quite a crowd battling these awesome fish with the long rods. I don't think the bait tossers even caught anything! Sorry about the constant editing too. My Photobucket was goofing up and I had a heck of a time getting the pictures to load correctly.

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Be sure to stay tuned for more muddy water fun posts too!

 

[mbphotos54]

too freaken cool. where was this? the Indiana-Ohio- Kentucky area needs a forum meet up point

 

[theboz]

You guys are just hammering them big boys . That is awesome . Can't beat multiple species and nig fish to boot. Keep on having fun that's what it's all about.

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And if you figure out that indiana Ohio Kentucky meeting spot please add Pennsylvania to the list.

 

[nomadic piscator]

I'm definitely down to meet up with some new doods on the forum and fish some fresh spots. Just shoot me a PM and we can arrange the rendevous. Group of four so we can all carpool to the water somewhere and save some $$. The thread over that trip will be one to remember!

 

[jhammer]

I'm definitely down to meet up with some new doods on the forum and fish some fresh spots. Just shoot me a PM and we can arrange the rendevous. Group of four so we can all carpool to the water somewhere and save some $$. The thread over that trip will be one to remember!

I'm down for that sometime. We can find some fresh water to hit up.

 

[theboz]

Count me in especially if it's muddy!

 

[nomadic piscator]

Well Boz we can make it muddy if thats what ya want! I've got some stretches here in NE Indiana or we can travel to OH or wherever...Send me a PM and we can start the carpool arrangements.

 

[jhammer]

I ended up going out again today for some muddy water action and had a great day. It was a little slow at first. I had to track down the fish and find the right fly. People deciding that the river is a free swimming pool did not help the situation either. However, once I dialed in, the action was on. Here's some some shots.

First Channel Catfish

Biggest Channel

A random White Bass

Add in a few more Channel Catfish, Longnose Gar, and Freshwater Drum, and you've got my day.

 

[theboz]

Nice fish ! Big Catty! Got that muddy stuff figured out pretty good ! Good for you enjoyed the pics!

 

[jhammer]

I've fished that river with a fly rod for 16 years. It never ceases to surprise me though. You just never know what you may haul out of there.

 

[mcnerney]

You guys sure have the muddy water fly fishing dialed in, congrats! It makes it all the better when you can out fish the bait casters! Yahoo!