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Cool Places in a Hot Summer

9
July

Twice in the last week, in the middle of an oppressive heat wave, I have taken two very cool fishing trips.

It’s taken me a while, but I am finally learning to appreciate the unique fishing destinations that are close to home. Travelling to the Florida Keys to chase tarpon is a lot of fun, but that is a multi-day trip and it can get expensive. Last weekend, when the temperature topped 100 degrees, I went wading in a river.

We have not had much rain lately, so the river was fairly low and as clear as a mountain stream in the shallower areas. While two friends waved fly rods for bream and my son fished for bass, I drifted a live minnow under a bobber, for gar.

I know a lot of guys who fish that would never consider using live bait. Some fishermen are fly-fishing purists and others think it is not sporting to use, minnows, shrimp, or crickets. I also know a lot of people who would never think of purposely trying to catch a “trash fish” like a shark or a gar. But I just like to catch fish. The method does not matter to me, I like them all. I have an old recipe for cedar-planked gar, but I planned to release any gar that I caught.

The river we fished is less than five minutes from my house. The cool water was refreshing to wade in and we caught some fish. It took me a while to figure out how to catch the prehistoric-looking gar, with teeth that would make a barracuda jealous, but I finally figured them out. I’m sure there are larger examples in this river, but the ones we caught kept us busy and put up a great fight.

Daron Hyatt with a nice longnose gar. The North Carolina record for longnose gar is 25 lbs.

A few days later we loaded up the kayaks and headed for the southern coast of North Carolina. It was just a day trip, but what a beautiful area to visit. North Carolina has far more than her fair share of beautiful and unique places to visit. At Fort Fisher State Recreation Area, just south of Kure Beach, the beach is open to four-wheel-drive vehicles. We drove down the strand and launched the boats into the marsh that rings the back of Bald Head Island. We missed the best part of the tide, but the isolated beauty more than made up for a lack of fish. I saw so many unfamiliar species of birds that I ordered a shorebird guidebook when I got home.

We spent the afternoon lounging on the beach with our closest neighbors more than half of a mile away.

If you don’t have a kayak, Hook, Line and Paddle in Wilmington has rental boats and you can launch them from the boat ramp that is just past the Fort Fisher ferry dock if don’t want to drive on the beach.

I hope to make return visits to both of these locations this summer and into the fall. Maybe I’ll see you there. If not, I’ll do my best to catch one for you.

Tight Lines-

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Thoughts while floating upside down through the rapids…

20
February

                Even though we got a little sleet here in last night, and my wife drove home from the coast in a near white-out yesterday, it will be near 70 degrees by the end of the week and that means it is time to plan the annual “boys” fishing trip. 

                It’s tough getting our schedules together; five men with families and jobs, but it’s always worth the effort. We’ve towed the boat to Florida a few times and driven a van to New Orleans where we spent a lot of time cutting away a crab trap from a propeller while the inept captain was gracious with his advice on how to help fix his boat. Lately we’ve stayed closer to home, floating rivers in the western part of the state for trout and smallmouth. Last year we tried the North Toe River. 

                Several years ago I renamed the South Toe River the “River of Death” after my wife, our two boys, and I were caught on the river during a thunderstorm and the resulting flash flood. When we were nearly swept under a low-water bridge at the take out, I taught the boys a few new words. It was so much fun I took my friends there the next year. 

                We left the canoes at home and used kayaks last spring. I may never get into canoe again. Kayaks are superior in every way, in my opinion. They don’t need as much water to float in which is helpful when the river is low, and they are a heck of a lot easier to portage. Compared to canoes they are easier to handle when they are upside down and full of water.

                We are experienced river travellers. The first person to make it through the rapids stands ready to collect the jetsam from an inevitable capsizes.

                It happened in an instant. The boat pitched one way and I overreacted and flipped over into the cold, rushing water. A lot of things can go through your mind when you are upside down, floating through the rapids of a mountain river. You might begin to wonder how long you can hold your breath. Someone else might worry about bashing their skull against the rocks and boulders that form the rapids. I worried about my new fishing rod. 

                My buddies fished me out of the water and grabbed a few of my things as they floated by. My new fishing rod and reel were nowhere to be found.

                 In preparation for our trip this year I ordered a new rod a reel. The spinning reel is just like the one I lost, a neat model that allows you to freespool the line with bail closed. I really like it, but I am going to leave it at home and take an older rig that won’t hurt as much if I lose it.

                 I wonder what I’ll think about if I find myself upside down, floating through the rapids this year?

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