[kcritch]

Congrats on the maiden voyage buddy. Sounds like an awesome day.

Originally Posted by AndyS

Good to be back on the water sitting on my butt and catching fish. Finally got a day with 0% of T-storms. I wont go with a greater than 30% of predicted storms and if you look at Plainfield and Green Brook you can understand why. It was confluence to confluence, meaning pretty much started on the Lamington to where it meets the N branch to the confluence with the S branch.
It was quantity over quality today, that's ok because Luke said he caught all the big ones a few weeks ago. Lucky to have a nice SMB population on local waters. Water seemed pretty clean, although I always thought that the North Branch ran much clearer in years past, I dunno. The Banana boat ran fine, a little "tippy" but once we both found our center of gravity we were fine. That is the trade off for a smaller lighter canoe I guess, the old battlewagon was very stable but very very heavy. We bumped and scraped at a few places and also had to get out and walk at a few spots. Bugs weren't that bad today.
Best way to sum up the day is in numbers-

Hours fished/floated-5
SMB landed 30+ or-
SMB hooked, lost 20+or-
Bald eagles spotted- 8
Osprey spotted- 2
Cormorant- 1
Kingfisher-1
Owl- 2
Other anglers seen-4
Others boats- 1
Tires pulled- 2
Tires left behind-4

This fishing will hold up through mid September, still have to get on the S branch as well as main stem in the coming months.