Pax River

[namfos]

Elected to play hooky on Thursday. Strapped the kayak to the roof and headed off to the Patuxent River where it serves as the border between Prince Georges and Ann Arundel Counties.  Put in at Governor Bridge and paddled to just upstream of the Rt. 50 overpass. Couldn't go any farther because the river was clogged with downed trees and other snags. Not a lot of current and the water was a bit murky. I'm sure in the summer the water's much cleared but also much lower. Water level was adequate to get past most snags though. My one rockfish (clouser)  and the catfish (soft hackle streamer) came where there were visible current seams. Most of this stretch is very slow moving and probably better as catfish water. Nearly dumped the boat and yours at the very slick muddy put-in/take-out at the end of the day. And I have much to learn about anchoring in moving water. 

Mark

[Bryan Lanier]

Very Nice! I like your rig.

Bryan

On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 10:48 AM, namfos <mark....@gmail.com> wrote:

Elected to play hooky on Thursday. Strapped the kayak to the roof and headed off to the Patuxent River where it serves as the border between Prince Georges and Ann Arundel Counties.  Put in at Governor Bridge and paddled to just upstream of the Rt. 50 overpass. Couldn't go any farther because the river was clogged with downed trees and other snags. Not a lot of current and the water was a bit murky. I'm sure in the summer the water's much cleared but also much lower. Water level was adequate to get past most snags though. My one rockfish (clouser)  and the catfish (soft hackle streamer) came where there were visible current seams. Most of this stretch is very slow moving and probably better as catfish water. Nearly dumped the boat and yours at the very slick muddy put-in/take-out at the end of the day. And I have much to learn about anchoring in moving water. 

Mark

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[Misha Gill]

Nice little rock bass. Always fun to run into Mr. Pajama Pants. Ditto re: kayak rig. 

[namfos]

Thanks. Pretty barebones, but less stuff hung on the boat means fewer fly line tangles; and we all know that if there is something to get tangled on a fly line will do so. 

Mark

[TurbineBlade]

Mark - Now having seen a few different photos of your rig, I'm comfortable saying "that's a canoe" ;).  I wouldn't see any real practical difference between the two anyway.  Can you stand and cast in it?

Looks like fun -- 

Gene

[arthur...@gmail.com]

Well done!

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[namfos]

Yeah, it is fun. Just to mix things up, it's nice to be on the water rather than in it. Point of Rocks gage too hight/too much flow today so I went to Ft. Frederick St. Park and Big Pool for the first time, http://binged.it/1Y8nPV4. Skunked. I did get some nice history lessons from the docents and rangers at Ft. Frederick.  Nice countryside.

It's pretty much a canoe/kayak hybrid - propelled by double bladed paddle rather than single. Old Town makes something similar these days. Very comfy seat and at ~55 pounds this old man can readily get it on the roof of his RAV4. Can I stand and cast in it: theoretically, yes. When I went to the demo day at Appomattox River Co last year, I tried a whole bunch of boats including standing up in them. I think I fell out of every one of them. Since I bought my boat last summer and following some amusing acrobatics (retrospectively that is) at the put-in/take-out I've been working on balance exercises. So, practically speaking, no. I certainly won't do it on moving water, flat water, well I'll wait to try when the water temp is higher. 

Next outing will be either Pax River, a little farther down stream or Mallows Bay. And I'll bring spinning gear with wacky worms for backup. ;-)

Mark

[namfos]

Thanks, Art.

On Saturday, June 4, 2016 at 8:20:50 AM UTC-4, arthur noglak wrote:

Well done!