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Travis C.
09-11-2016, 09:11 AM
Fished it briefly yesterday and its one of the prettiest smallie streams I have seen. The water a very tanic dark clear water and full of fish. All I had was my Trout Mag gear but that was good enough. Caught 3 smallies, lost one 16" range and caught a big redhorse which jumped all over the place.

Travis C.
09-11-2016, 09:12 AM
Another river pic

bfish
09-11-2016, 11:14 AM
It's tannic from the papermill in NC. Tannins are the least of the worries about what they have dumped over the years. Only recently have cleanup efforts occurred.

Travis C.
09-12-2016, 10:05 PM
It's tannic from the papermill in NC. Tannins are the least of the worries about what they have dumped over the years. Only recently have cleanup efforts occurred.

Interesting.

It seems a lot of streams over here have has various contaminants get in them.

bfish
09-13-2016, 05:01 PM
Here is short overview of a the major issues (abiet one sided): http://cwfnc.org/polluter-accountability/pigeon-river/

There was a big flood ('05 ish) that did a number on the large smallmouth, however it is rebounding.

lupanfreitag
09-14-2016, 07:06 AM
than any dame I've every seen.

GO-OKFISHIN
09-14-2016, 08:09 AM
You, my man are in fishing paradise.