Solo Wading Trip

I took yesterday off (needed a mental break) and went to my favorite Ozark stream and fished for smallmouth. I used a new to me rod that a good buddy basically gave me. A Favorite Rods Jackhammer. He told me to use braid with it to maximize sensitivity. So I ordered up some Power Pro V2 8-lb braid and learned to tie on the leader with an FG knot. Man is this setup awesome for creek fishing. I also used a new to me bait called a Niko Hellgrammite. The fish were hammering it. Like usual, I pack a backpacks with of gear and nearly fish with the same thing all day .I ended up catching over 50 fish with 40 being smallmouth. No real big ones. The creek was pretty low and the stretch I fished didn’t have any deep pools. I also caught some Longear Sunfish, Ozark Bass, and Green Sunfish. It was a great stress relieving day. I didn’t see anyone else on the creek until I was walking out. I now feel mentally refreshed. Great day!
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Sounds like a great day. Everyone needs a mental break now and then. Great use of yours!


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Anytime you can fish and not see anyone is great. I used to love to wade or canoe streams . Sounds like a good day to refresh the mind .

Wow, what a great day! Congrats

Glad you got to recharge the batteries some.

Looks like you had a really good time. Good for you. :)

Great time


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Wading the clear Ozark streams is how i learned to fish, Its good for the soul. looks like sylamore creek up in stone county, but i'm betting its not.

I haven't wade fished in a long time but I have great memories of doing so. I think of it kinda like deer hunting is to me. Most of the time I just enjoying everything going on around me and the view to it all, with anticipation of something exciting happening at any given moment, but sometimes it's just a snake getting a little closer to me than I like. Also I caught an Ozark Bass once on the White River, I had no idea of what it was so I took a picture of it and threw it back then went home to look it up. I found out that the world record was only about a pound, I like to have passed out, I'm pretty confident that the one I caught would have weighed every bit of that maybe more. Nice job Matt.

Rode my ATV into local stream today in the heat . Kept a limit of Bass for my neighbor and released several more in a 100 yard bank . Thinking about hauling my canoe in and rip a bunch .