Weekend on the Flint
Posted: September 22nd, 2008, 10:04 am
Loaded up on Friday afternoon to tailgate with some friends in Albany. I never fished the Flint before, so I was looking forward to getting in to some shoal bass. The Flint is an interesting place to fish. The river is very diverse and within minutes you can go from 12 inches to 30 feet, and a boulder can sneak up on you without any notice. (I thought the Econfina was rocky) There are a number of cold water springs and some of the riverbanks are dug out limestone and steep to say the least.
We made it out on the water Saturday morning putting in around 8:30. It was my first shoal bass trip, so I wasn't really sure where or what to throw. I tried a spinner, a popper and a floating worm with little success, but I wasn't the only one struggling. Its definately tough to find them on the river because you don't get a lot of time to experiment. Even with the trolling motor digging in against the current you only get a couple of cast before your pushed downstream and away from the eddies that hold the shoalies.
Even though we were skunked at the first hole, the scenery was nice.
We packed it up and headed to another landing near the marine ditch where the water wasn't moving as quick. Before I knew it, I landed my first shoal bass on a white Rap-X.
We threw this guy back for another day. Three casts later, I picked up one with a little more fight. I heard they bulldog at the boat like redfish and this guy didn't dissapoint. relatively speaking.
Now that I was an expert shoal bass fisherman, we decided to try our luck on the elusive Appaloosa Catfish. I wanted to try noodling, but my buddy wanted to try a more conventional approach. We made our way to some deeper water and ended up this this kitty cat using a live bream. He measured around 12 pounds.
We headed back to the house to get ready for the game out west. The Bulldogs made a nice showing, so all in all our weekend trip was a success. Looking forward to making another trip to the Flint now that I got my feet wet.
We made it out on the water Saturday morning putting in around 8:30. It was my first shoal bass trip, so I wasn't really sure where or what to throw. I tried a spinner, a popper and a floating worm with little success, but I wasn't the only one struggling. Its definately tough to find them on the river because you don't get a lot of time to experiment. Even with the trolling motor digging in against the current you only get a couple of cast before your pushed downstream and away from the eddies that hold the shoalies.
Even though we were skunked at the first hole, the scenery was nice.
We packed it up and headed to another landing near the marine ditch where the water wasn't moving as quick. Before I knew it, I landed my first shoal bass on a white Rap-X.
We threw this guy back for another day. Three casts later, I picked up one with a little more fight. I heard they bulldog at the boat like redfish and this guy didn't dissapoint. relatively speaking.
Now that I was an expert shoal bass fisherman, we decided to try our luck on the elusive Appaloosa Catfish. I wanted to try noodling, but my buddy wanted to try a more conventional approach. We made our way to some deeper water and ended up this this kitty cat using a live bream. He measured around 12 pounds.
We headed back to the house to get ready for the game out west. The Bulldogs made a nice showing, so all in all our weekend trip was a success. Looking forward to making another trip to the Flint now that I got my feet wet.
