Some of yall may have seen photos in the latest catch pics thread but this video captures the essence of my favorite stretch of water to fish. I do have somewhere between 100-200 bites from seed ticks on my legs but that’s a first for me, still worth it ! You have to put whatever you want to fish with in your pockets and swim for it, also lots of wading and falling down on slick jagged rocks 

 

 

 

 

Those photos are amazing and makes me sad I live in Iowa.

That looks like a slice of heaven 

Nice photos!

8 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

Some of yall may have seen photos in the latest catch pics thread but this video captures the essence of my favorite stretch of water to fish. I do have somewhere between 100-200 bites from seed ticks on my legs but that’s a first for me, still worth it ! You have to put whatever you want to fish with in your pockets and swim for it, also lots of wading and falling down on slick jagged rocks 

 

 

 

 

Over the years I have had two places like that to fish, sure do miss them and the many smallmouth;  wish I could go back.

Looks like a great place.

What's a seed tick? And that place looks quite beautiful!

20 hours ago, Tackleholic said:

Over the years I have had two places like that to fish, sure do miss them and the many smallmouth;  wish I could go back.

I saw a post on a fishing forum some years back of some gnarly and I mean gnarly looking rocky bouldery river that was supposably in your state. Wondering if that's one of the places you're referencing? No need to call it out publicly or even privately. I'm just glad I saw pics of it!

14 minutes ago, Kev-mo said:

What's a seed tick?

AKA, crabs. 🦀 

😂

30 minutes ago, J Francho said:

AKA, crabs. 🦀 

😂

Different from crabs, they are tiny ticks.  I've had both, crabs are the hardest to get rid of;  seed ticks and crabs come from different sources.

Yall are killing me! 😂 

 

@Kev-mo, there are lots of them! Most aren’t willing to swim, fall down, wade for 10 hours, and be destroyed by parasites so I’m not terribly worried about naming the place, although my cousin might kill me if I did 

If your cousin doesn't get you, the sea herpes will!

is a seed tick basically a baby tick? idk the technical term... a young tick.  i'm apparently not nearly as tuff as you.............  swimming across with your fishing pole kept outa the water reminded me of the surfing scene in apocalypse now.............   

Seed ticks are baby ticks. They are everywhere here. My wife pulled 40-50 off my ankles the other day, 2 days in a row.

Does bug spray or SSS keep them away?

@J Francho, I don’t know but we were swimming and wading so much I would guess it washes off 

Not even King T-Billy is a swimming angler!

12 hours ago, Bazoo said:

Seed ticks are baby ticks. They are everywhere here. My wife pulled 40-50 off my ankles the other day, 2 days in a row.

Betcha your ankles itch.

1 hour ago, Tackleholic said:

Betcha your ankles itch.

They were ironically not on my ankles , knees to belly button covered solid . The itching was violent, couldn’t sleep 4 -5 nights in a row . Finally slept all night last night 

Enough of this talk about ticks… did you catch any fish?

2 minutes ago, Tennessee Boy said:

Enough of this talk about ticks… did you catch any fish?

 

All of the sudden all the ticks and itching made me wonder why the thread was called "My Happy Place."  Doesn't seem all that happy if you are throttled by ticks from it. 

11 minutes ago, Tennessee Boy said:

Enough of this talk about ticks… did you catch any fish?

45-47,  not sure because we can’t count as well as @ol'crickety, even when me make an effort to count them all. Couple of them larger than normal for that spot. 
 

 

1 minute ago, TnRiver46 said:

45-47,  not sure because we can’t count

It’s gonna take me forever to find this place on google maps.  🥴

@Tennessee Boy, just linked the post with fish pics 

 

@gimruis, I have fished there my whole life and never had a tick, not sure what happened this time but they got me 

When wet wading sometimes I would get Leeches on me, even had them latch on to the leather on my shoes.  Nasty.

1 hour ago, gimruis said:

 

All of the sudden all the ticks and itching made me wonder why the thread was called "My Happy Place."  Doesn't seem all that happy if you are throttled by ticks from it. 

A-Jay