[i]Sheesh... It'll take me a while to get use to this new forum... I guess the image tags are case sensitive. Photobucket automatically copies the url with the image tags but they are capitol letters... didn't work here.[/I] Anyway... I digress.
Dark Wader (a handle of a friend from another board) and I hit Beardsley Afterbay Saturday for a day of mostly casting practice. We're not complaining here...It was a great day on the water, relaxing and all.. and for Dark Wader it was all new waters. (if he's like me , I love exploring new waters.) But in 5 1/2 hrs of fishin the Beardsley Afterbay, we only caught 1 fish each.
We did take a break and fished the river for an hr or so & caught a few fish in there up to 12".
The AB was 3 1/2 feet down, & then, by the end of the day, it was back up to normal levels. I don't know why they are doing that.. in many years of fishin there I've never seen the levels change so much as the last 2 time I've been in there. It really messes up the aquatic life and not to mention the fishin!!!!
We arived at Beardsley around 9:45 am Stopped and looked at the lake. The water is low (You might need a 4x4 to lanch a boat through the sand.) but I hear the fishin reports have been good in there ( This last rain might have changed it though!!)
A Red Tail hawk ( I think) flew over head..
View of the AB from the Dam
The water was like glass as seen from this reflection.
Dark Wader working it.
Taking a break working the river.
A monkey flower on the river.
And fall color on the AB.
The water was about 2 feet visability (unusual for there, I think because of the lower water level, it stirred up the silt) A day after a rain storm ( I never have much luck after a rain) all made for a very slow day, but It was fun anyway...
It's allways nice to get out!
Slim
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