Quote Originally Posted by bookworm View Post
I was at Helms on Friday. I found the bite slow but other guys were catching fish, so maybe they knew more than I did. I was able to paddle upstream in my canoe to Black Fish Creek and found lots of shallow flats to wade. After I slid my canoe in, I saw one guy trying to float his bass boat off his trailer and had to back so far into the river that all four tires were covered up to the the wheel wells and his exhaust pipe was gurgling river water. I saw about a dozen power boats moving up and down the river throughout the day, so I guess you were OK, once you got your boat off the trailer. I was able to wade without waders, which I cannot do if the temperature is in the 50's. I'd say the temperature was in the low 60's.
This time of year, if you're finding the bite to be slow, (and this is cheating!) rig a nightcrawler on a harness and finess it like a plug. The results will suprise you. One year I drifted past an old timer throwing a kermit the frog colored great lakes spoon the size of a pack of camels. I asked him if he was casting for stripers. He simply showed me two 8lb rainbows on a chain. It's crazy the **** you learn and see on that river.