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More from the Tallapoosa
#2836387
06/23/19 09:32 PM
06/23/19 09:32 PM
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Joined: Apr 2016
Posts: 1,534 Elmore County
treemydog
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8 point
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8 point
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Elmore County
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This time, above lake Martin. Put in at Horseshoe bend and took out at Jaybird Creek. Five miles of rocks, shoals, rapids, and fun. This was my oldest's first paddle in some whitewater. We found the bass in different spots here compared to below Tallassee. Instead of finding them in the structure along the banks, here you'd catch them in the swift water either right below the rock shelf drops, or where the deeper water started below the rapids. In this pic, you can see the change to deeper water out in front of my friend's kayak. You drop a small spinnerbait or beetlespin in the water and let it tumble into the deep water, and about on the second crank they'd hit it. It's my opinion that swift water fish fight a lot tougher than their slow water counterparts. I watched my pal fight this one in from a few boat lengths away, and I couldn't believe my eyes when he got him to the boat. He may have been small, but man did he tug on the line. Saw a few patches of Cahaba Lily. Pretty neat. Lunch on a sandbar, anyone? This one nearly turned my ultralight inside out.
You gonna pull them pistols, or whistle Dixie?
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#2836434
06/23/19 10:17 PM
06/23/19 10:17 PM
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Joined: Feb 2002
Posts: 44,211 North Alabama
Wiley Coyote
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
Joined: Feb 2002
Posts: 44,211
North Alabama
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Looks like a lot of fun. I've never been in a kayak but I believe my back would give up in just a few minutes.
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[Re: treemydog]
#2836466
06/24/19 12:08 AM
06/24/19 12:08 AM
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Joined: Nov 2015
Posts: 14,052 Chilton County
MarksOutdoors
Booner
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Booner
Joined: Nov 2015
Posts: 14,052
Chilton County
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I'll get up with you in a few days, Tree.
"The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him." -G. K. Chesterton
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[Re: treemydog]
#2836556
06/24/19 08:25 AM
06/24/19 08:25 AM
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Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 14,894 Right Behind You
William
Booner
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Booner
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Posts: 14,894
Right Behind You
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How hard of a trip is this? 5 Miles of fishing, eating, and swimming probably took you 6-8 hours?
The wife and I have been canoeing the Cahaba all summer. Fishing is great and there's nothing better than a sandy beach shore lunch after paddling in the hot sun. Maybe a beer or two......
"The misery of being exploited by capitalists is nothing... compared to the misery of not being exploited at all."
Joan Robinson
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#2836589
06/24/19 09:02 AM
06/24/19 09:02 AM
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Joined: Oct 2017
Posts: 742 East Central Alabama
Be_Cam
4 point
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4 point
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Posts: 742
East Central Alabama
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Finest eating fish in the State come out of the Tallapoosa River.
A friend, the Bible and a banker will get you though about anything.
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06/24/19 11:02 AM
06/24/19 11:02 AM
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Joined: Apr 2016
Posts: 1,534 Elmore County
treemydog
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8 point
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8 point
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How hard of a trip is this? 5 Miles of fishing, eating, and swimming probably took you 6-8 hours?. Took us a little over 5 hours. Lots of shoals to maneuver. I never had to walk my kayak, but I did have to push off rocks and shallow falls with my paddle a few times. I pegged on a few big submerged rocks a few times. My son laughed at me a lot, since he weighs 90 pounds and only had about 2 inches of draft. He floated right over most of them.
You gonna pull them pistols, or whistle Dixie?
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#2837152
06/24/19 07:55 PM
06/24/19 07:55 PM
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Joined: Mar 2013
Posts: 14,582 Clanton
Turkey_neck
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Booner
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Posts: 14,582
Clanton
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I use to make that trip with a buddy several times a year in my Coleman crawdad. We would catch some nose spots in the shoals. Hung several nice fish.
Would walk over a naked woman to get to a gobblin turkey!
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06/25/19 12:12 AM
06/25/19 12:12 AM
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Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 18,070 Andalusia, Al. Covington Co.
DEADorALIVE
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 18,070
Andalusia, Al. Covington Co.
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Looks like a lot of fun. I've never been in a kayak but I believe my back would give up in just a few minutes. Way more comfortable than you think, Marlon! Mine has what amounts to a chair for a seat, with suspension webbing to make it exactly how I want it, and raises me about 8-10 inches above the deck. I can sit in it and fish all day VERY comfortably. The kayaks that have you sitting on the plastic of the inner hull; those are the uncomfortable and punishing ones...not to mention the ones that will give you the wet ass! Look at the kayaks that have a folding, removable, seat. Ascend, Old Town, Hobie, Pelican, Lifetime...all of the bigger names make them, at varying price points. Prepare to get way up off of your checkbook for a Hobie, like upwards of $3K, while Pelican will put you into a real comfortable boat for $850.
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#2837350
06/25/19 06:56 AM
06/25/19 06:56 AM
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Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 15,066 Chilton County
Morris
Poppa Jon
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Poppa Jon
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Posts: 15,066
Chilton County
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I use to make that trip with a buddy several times a year in my Coleman crawdad. We would catch some nose spots in the shoals. Hung several nice fish. Probably killing all the geese along the way. 😁
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