I took an unforeseen bonus canoe trip down the local river again on Saturday. It was Chief Many Little Bottles' 50th Birthday and everyone has been so busy not much celebrating had gotten planned. On Friday afternoon, I struck a deal with my wonderful bride regarding parenting duties for Saturday, made some phone calls, and set up a river trip for Saturday. Chief MLB, Captain Karkov, and the Professor joined me for the float.
We met up in the morning and got my vehicle shuttled to the takeout. It was another beautiful, warm, sunny day. We floated the river, ran some rapids, and fished continuously. The river, once again, did not disappoint. We caught many smallmouth bass, a few northern pike, a couple walleyes, and a couple channel catfish. I caught four bass that were bigger than I had ever seen on the river before, and man do bass that are in current fight. There were a couple other anglers on the river, and even a big group of people camped on a grassy peninsula, but overall, the river was very quiet again. We stopped at a rocky spit near the takeout and shared a growler of Brewhouse Starfire Pale Ale-a great end to a great day in celebration of a great guy's 50th Birthday.
It started to rain just as we packed up the truck.
Nature Moment: This trip reminded my that this particular stretch of river has an unusually high population of bald eagles. They are often sitting in the trees overlooking the river, and because the river is small, narrow, and curvy, you often get very close to them before they fly off. Up close you realize how big and powerful they really are.
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