Evening at the Caney

Had a couple of great hours fishing the Caney this evening. I went by myself which is nice at times. Im probably going to start going in the evenings because the rental canoe traffic is not as heavy. I caught several nice fish in the 10 to 14 inch range. I was about to pack it in and I had a 18 inch rainbow strike. I knew I had something when the drag on my reel went off. Then It jumped about 5 times all I could do was hold my breath. But I finally got it in and had a guy on a float tube take my picture.

Here are a few more I caught.

14" Brook

16" Rainbow

I also found out my camera will take panoramic shots. So I messed around with it for a little bit. Let me know what you think.

Frogg Toggs Neoprene wading socks review

Wet wading is one of the things I love about warm weather. And like most fishermen I hate rocks and pebbles in my boots. I finally got tired of this and decided to get a pair of wet wading socks with gravel guards. After much price shopping I settled on ordering a pair of Frogg Toggs.

I couldn't find a direct size chart on their website but using the size chart for the stocking foot waders I felt confident that a large would fit my size 10 feet.

The first thing I noticed is the Neoprene is very soft on these. Which is great because after a few hours of wading my feet get to hurting. During my first outing I could tell my feet were not hurting as soon as they used to.

The next thing I noticed was the traction "dots" on the bottom. After my wading boots get wet inside they can have a slick feeling. While the dots didn't fully eliminate the slickness they defiantly cut down on it.

The only thing that concerns me about this product is the lace hook. It a thin metal and I just don't know how it will hold up. I would prefer something more heavy duty in this area.

All things considered I would buy this product again. It does its intended job in keeping rocks a debris out of my boots. I look forward to trying other Frogg Togg products.

I would like to say that I was in no way compensated for this review. All though I did Tweet out that I would be doing a review on these and Frogg Toggs responded

"Where value and quality leave the same footprint" 

So from what it looks like their Twitter and Facebook pages they are involved with customers in social media which is something that is important not only for marketing but listening to customer feedback. 

Stones River Fishing 7/3/12

I didn't get to make it to the Caney this week while I was off. Mostly because I tried to put a 2x4 through my windshield. I was able to go to Nices Mill Damn on the Stones River for a few hours. People talk about this place and its not all good. I could tell it is a heavily fished area because of all the trash. But none the less I caught a ton of fish. They weren't big but I was catching.

Longear sunfish.

I don't know what this little guy was thinking he's not much bigger than the lure.

Sad to say this redeye or cossa bass was the trophy of the day.

With views like this I'll defiantly be back.