Wednesday, Red River, Louisiana
Dan writes:
John Hobbies and I got out on the water around 2pm. We stayed close, just trying to get a feel for it all. The river itself is rolling, muddy water, full of riprap dikes and wing dams to deflect and direct the current. On the backside of the dikes is a vast expanse of backwater up to a half mile across full of standing timber, with old lakebeds scattered throughout. Beyond that even is the occasional oxbow lake, where the water is less affected by current flow and where water color remains somewhat less muddy.
John and I fished a small lake straight across from Clark’s Landing, where we are camped and where the tournament is going out of. This lake, Shaw Lake, was about a mile back off the main river through a maze of standing timber, yet it still had a good deal of color too it, more than I had expected. We both caught one fish in there, flipping soft plastic into the shade of a logjam. Water temperature was, get this, ninety-one degrees. Remember last week back in New Hampshire where there was still ice on the lake?
Annie writes:
Dan had to do some work on the boat this morning, so I took the truck and went into town to do groceries. Dan and John went fishing around 2, and came in a little after 6. I spent my afternoon going through our mail, taking care of some business, and setting up our camper for the next week. After dinner, we went to socialize at the Hobbie’s for a bit.