Needed some outdoor time, and Mayfield looked the nicest - weatherwise - this past week, so I booked one of the camping cabins at Ike Kinswa and headed down for a few days.
Really nice cabins, BTW. Highly recommend!
On arrival, the fishing prospects looked grim; the lake was still ubermurky from the flooding, with visibility less than a foot. SO... while I did fish Mayfield and a couple other lakes, let me state up front that no fish were caught on this trip. Not even a bump. Saw 2 rises in 3 days. Feel free to disregard the rest of the report if that's your only interest!
The weather was lovely, though, so I kayaked about and explored more of the lakes than I have in the past.
The interesting part was the Tilton Arm just upstream of the bridge near the boat launch. Early each morning I could hear the sound of motors. There were two small tugboats out wrangling big sections of the massive logjam into sections and towing them... somewhere. Here's what it looked like from near the bridge, looking North:
Each day there was less wood, so it might be cleared by now, but it was pretty impressive! Spent a while kayaking along the edge and collecting plastics. Lots of bobbers, and a rubber ducky, lol
If you're looking to fish, you might want to wait another week.
Turns out water time is refreshing even without fish, though
Really nice cabins, BTW. Highly recommend!
On arrival, the fishing prospects looked grim; the lake was still ubermurky from the flooding, with visibility less than a foot. SO... while I did fish Mayfield and a couple other lakes, let me state up front that no fish were caught on this trip. Not even a bump. Saw 2 rises in 3 days. Feel free to disregard the rest of the report if that's your only interest!
The weather was lovely, though, so I kayaked about and explored more of the lakes than I have in the past.
The interesting part was the Tilton Arm just upstream of the bridge near the boat launch. Early each morning I could hear the sound of motors. There were two small tugboats out wrangling big sections of the massive logjam into sections and towing them... somewhere. Here's what it looked like from near the bridge, looking North:
Each day there was less wood, so it might be cleared by now, but it was pretty impressive! Spent a while kayaking along the edge and collecting plastics. Lots of bobbers, and a rubber ducky, lol
If you're looking to fish, you might want to wait another week.
Turns out water time is refreshing even without fish, though
And thanks for picking up trash!
