Took the kayak out off the greenway today. I head into the creek off the second bridge where it is mostly flats and fished a good three hours at any ripple I saw. I was casting flies the entire time and got skunked. Highlight of the trip was getting excited by the amount of activity in the water as the tide went out and the creek became shallow. I neglected reasoning here, knowing I should paddle back. I finally came to and started heading in, pushing my way through a foot of water. I got quite muddy by the end of the trip from having to drag the yak through pluff mud in search of deeper water, the greenway a big shiny oasis on the horizon. Lesson of the day: know when you are beat, don’t be a stubborn ass, and go do yard work when you’ve still got the arms.
You have to push your kayak in a ft of water? What kind of yak do you have? I can literally paddle across wet mud.
Also you just wrote off your spot because you were skunked once. Lol is all i got for that. Thats like not racing a track because youve lost on it. You cant give up that easy. We have 4 seasons and tides and it all makes a difference. This is also the easiest time of year to get skunked.
What 40 said… don’t give up on a spot just because of a goose egg… keep on keeping on!
Fishing Nerd
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Ya know, I’ve always wanted to fish off of the greenway. Some of those spots actually look really good.
Anything that pulls drag, right?
If you are seeing activity then good chance you were in the right spot.
Go back. Do it again.
Keep doing it until you figure out whats there and why.
This time of year if you find bait the predators are not far behind.
I never said anything about giving up on the spot—I said I should head back in when I know it’s time to. My post was more about not getting caught up in my boyish desire to keep fishing when it’s time to stop and less about being a quitter because I got skunked. I don’t mind getting skunked as long as I’m enjoying the world around me and learning something—I happened to do both that day.
Thats actually a really good area to fish. I fished there multiple times a week for a couple of years. I didn’t have a ton of luck with reds, but its a great spot for trout and flounder. I always had good luck tossing a popping cork up a feeder creek and letting it drift back towards the mouth of the creek.