Well...I have now resigned myself to fact that everytime I go to CR something will happen that makes it a challenging trip. I've lost a trolling motor, keys, had the jeep broken into, lost a rod/reel, been stuck down river a few miles because the water level went down and didn't come back for many...many...many hours! But Saturday I almost lost it all!

We put in at 5:15 am and I thought sense helms landing wasn't crowded we'd drop the boat in the water anchor it out in the middle of the river and we'd fish the landing for a while. By 5:20 am my boat was under water. Yep...in all my excitement to fish I forgot to put the plug in the boat! I spent the next 30 minutes bailing water by the bucket loads.

We did catch fish, but the bite was slower than usually. Bright sunny day without a cloud in the sky didn't help much. The river was crowded Saturday...there were 19 cars/trucks just at helms @ 2:00.