Well the trip was great it was good to
see ole friends, fave stretches of water, and find / catch fish! I
loaded up the vehicle on Thursday morning the 2nd. I was
to leave right from work and drive to the camp site at Top-A-Rise
Campground https://www.toparisecampground.com/
I arrived at 2000 and found the camp
ground with out an issue. This area is really hilly and with all the
deer please be careful. The deer will stand in the drainage ditches
along the road way and without hesitation be right in front of you
car.
The Campground was nice, clean, and the
all the people where extremely nice and polite. Just dot speed yes 5
miles per hour is slow, but they have a lot of kids that don't pay
attention at times. I have the only tent space available they have
others, but this is primarily (not all look at the website) a year
round resident campground. I mean there are ppl who move there 5th
wheeler in there and don't pull them out until they close on October
15th. They can accommodate other ppl with 1-3 man tents,
but call them ahead of time to figure things out. The camping fee was
$20.00 a night. The communal showers can accommodate three people at
a time and they had lots of hot as hell water “lol great job
Claudia, her sister, and to her husband”. The owners are hands on
kinda ppl they live there, and they are all about getting to know you
and making your stay as comfy as possible. They have satilite wifi at
the wash house. They have a small laundry facility on site. The
campground is extremely quiet at night after say 2200. This is not a
place to let loose and get your party on Garth! This is a place meant
for making new friends, petting a few new furry friends, and
exploring what this region has to offer. I met an extremely cute
couple “think the movie UP” they have been married for 57 years
and what decent people they are. From what I could tell the grounds
have good drainage. Even though my tent site was not flat. I pointed
my toes down hill to sleep on the gentle part of the slope and had
not problems falling asleep.
Alright the fishing well I had always
fished the Lake Erie tributary around the third week in May when the
majority of the steelhead are gone! This time cause of my life issues
:lol: I could not get away until July 2 – 5. I'm convinced that all
the smallies caught normally during that time frame are from the
lake. There where very few resident fish in the three popular areas I
fished it in. One huge spawning channel cat was caught on a clouser
grey over white. I caught one small resident smallie. We found in
typical fashion the extremely lower end of the river was up 2-4 feet
cause of the rise in the lake levels.
So would at the end of the day turn my
eyes to an inland lake close by the camp site called Lake Flavia at
Country Side see link https://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/42806.html
This lake is filled with lots of
aggressive large mouth and they did kamikaze the Berkley
https://www.berkley-fishing.com/berkley-bait-hard-bait-berkley/choppo/1454439.html?count=1
It was about searching and finding the
fish and when you don't know where to start looking with an egg
beater and this searching pattern its very deadly. I used my Bass Pro
Tournament open face reel 10 ball bearings lined with 6# dia but has
15# test strength and casted and cranked that thing until I could not do it anymore. I caught 6 nice large mouths and they where hitting that thing
in open water coming out of unknown depths.
The big fun would come from me wet
wading the river that connects two of the Great Lakes together. Just
like in the ocean I found rip currents so be careful out there boys n
girls. I took the egg beater again cause I'm searching for fish and
the fastest way to do that effectively is with a egg beater not a fly
rod and a stripping basket sorry! I have done that when ocean fishing
for stripers and it can be unruly!
I would loose a few fish, but was
rewarded with a dozen or so smalljaws and two that where 18-20”
long! Sorry no fish pics but there are other pics enjoy!
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