I was launching at a road end but a land owner came down and said he owned the land between there and the water. He directed me to a launch on a popular local fishing spot not to far away. I found a easy launch from the nearest of several parking lots. I followed the river upstream to the first backwater After changing to a 2/0 Black popping Wedge it took a 14 inch bass. I got 3 more bigger ones, all after a generous dead stick pause after the retrieve.
The next backwater was partly surrounded by a dredged channel of slightly deeper water that yielded no hits. Drifting with the wind across the very shallow center flats got bass, particularly when there was a little chop on the water to obscure my presence. One fish hit with a very hard sucking sound on a pause after the retrieve, a cast back got another loud sucking hit and miss. Unusual for a bass to hit twice and so close to the kayak.
On the way back down the river, I cast a big chartreuse popper to the bank, it landed in the rocks behind a big pipe I was able to jerk it out of there and this common water snake came racing after it but didn't jump into the water. I took pictures getting closer and closer. Here she is momentarily startled my some move I made.
