Posted by flyfisher on 07/24/14 - 9:09 AM
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butchdavis wrote:
I assume you are talking about the Fish River near Magnolia Springs/Marlow?
Depending upon rainfall and your location on the river you can get sufficient water from Weeks Bay to make the water brackish. Do you also fish in Weeks Bay, the Magnolia River and Mobile Bay?
I concur with the earlier recommendation to apply antifouling bottom paint to your Whaler. Nothing else will keep growth off the bottom. I recommend a good quality ablative water based paint carefully applied to a properly prepared hull. I use Petit Hydrocoat for my Whaler used mostly in Little Lagoon and other salt water around Gulf Shores and Orange Beach.
Yes sir...we are keeping it down at Big Daddy's for the summer (right at the 32 bridge). My wife and daughters hate fooling with launching it...and it is nice to just step in it and go. They have fuel right there at Big Daddy's.
Actually, I tend to fish down at the beach more than up this way. I've gotten interested (well, obsessed might be a better word) with tarpon. I do fish in Fish River (and the reefs and rigs in the bay for trout with a slip cork some. I've gotten really interested in flyfishing and those opportunities are better down at the beach.
How about yourself?
I had to get a power pack replaced on my motor and, when I got a good look when putting it on the trailer, was shocked to see how much "junk" accumulated in just a month. I'm really getting cold feet about leaving it down there.