Cwsmith410
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Fishing is a lot like golf, do you perfer to play the same course everyday or drive out of the way for a new challenge? Even if you live by a great fishery, do you get board with it?
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Sorry I am in central Alabama, so relatively mild water temperatures year round.
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I have seen conflicting studies in the amount bass move yearly in current. Some say they stay local others say they migrate downstream to deeper water. In small feeder creeks/rivers were bass have to travel 5-10 miles to get to deep water(8 ft), will they? I am in a slump fishing backwaters,but love the scenery and privacy as compared to major lakes. Just wondering if I should relocate until water temperatures come up. In other words, is it possible to catch fish in a small flowing river/creek without deep water year round?
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Thanks for the reply! I agree with you, I think its more the access than the lack of fish. I just needed confirmation of that. I live near some of the best big bass lakes in the country, and if you are going to fish its just automatic that you buy a 21ft fiberglass boat with a 250 and go get in line at the ramp. I just get weid looks around here when i drive past a major lake to get to a creek with a mud boat ramp!
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I have been fishing small rivers and creeks throughout Alabama for the last three years. (Locust fork Mulberry fork hatchet and waxahatchee). I use an aluminum stick steer boat to get to shallow areas. I never go to the main bodies of water due to crowds. I definitely catch slightly smaller fish but probably greater numbers. My question is why do yall "serious" amateurs only stick to the large bodies of water? Is it because of the accessibility, fish size, fish movement, ect. I am just afraid I am doing something wrong because I might see one person every three trips.
