Jeff, thanks for sharing these adventures with us, check in regularly and live vicariously with what you share. Brutal conditions with the shallow water. The heat wave here in SE Pa has really shut off the smallie fishing. We need rain and cooler temps which seem to be nowhere in sight. Restricted to local fishing for the most part, I do best on the big smallies in the Fall. Thanks also for teaching the generations to come to do the right thing, you are a man of ethics and great dedication.
Man, that was grueling just to watch all that portaging, Jeff!! I would have needed a life-flight outta there! Both you guys should be getting paid by the kayak manufacturers for making a video of just how tough and durable both of them are!! I can't believe you didn't puncture on all that!! Thanks for taking us along!! :-)
Well, I do get paid when you buy an Innovative Sportsman inflatable. I design and supply the hulls. Tray builds them out with the frame, seat and other accessories. It’s a tough beast because I learned where they can be susceptible to fish fin puncture.
I also don't understand why people think it's acceptable to just throw trash anywhere on this beautiful land of ours. I do the same thing when I see it. Pick it up and do my best to set an example for others. If I see someone trashing the land, I ask the question... Why do you think this is OK? Several times the answer is (Not my land or someone will pick it up.) Disgusting! This is why property owners that have Prime access Don't want anyone on their land. Thank you for pointing out what an issue this really is public land or private. RESPECT is earned not when you show the same.
6:36 this. So nice to see you picking up trash Jeff. I hope you become one of the top fishing youtube channels one day. I never see the goofy click-bait "challenge" guys picking up trash.
I’ve been waiting for this video! I was camping a few spots from yall. Wished I had talked to you. I got a great spot to park you could have launched from the camp spot. It would have been about a 13 to 15 hour float.
I'm from Virginia and I can't even fish my local river because every access point is private property. God forbid you let someone who is just trying to relax and do a little fishing. I drove 10 miles and only points were steep bridges. That's why I drive to other rivers because it's so much easier and people aren't land hogs in some places.
Use OnX App to find the legal, public water. Cleaning up trash at these sites helps all of us retain those areas as legal, public access. Trash there eventually shuts down public access.
"land hogs" HAHAHAHAAAAA did you see all the trash as soon as Jeff got out of the truck? "Public" land is always going to be the nastiest with the most poaching. I believe that it is an injustice that "public" lands exist since they are abused by 90% of visitors, many of whom don't even pay net taxes or licenses to build or maintain these areas. Leeches. "Public" lands exist only to be controlled by authoritarian lazy money stealing governments and destroyed by the animals we call society. It's called Tragedy of the Commons and you will see it happen to every single "public" organization or asset. If it's worth using or preserving, it needs to be privatized and enforced, pay to enter, registered, etc., because we have all seen how government takes our money and does nothing to preserve or enforce "our" assets. We just lose with these collectivist "public" systems. We need to be more selective with who we allow into our natural resource areas so we stop seeing hordes of inner city welfare leech litter bugs poaching them while our DNR says "yeah we don't feel like coming our for that, but we will write a memo, sorry."
Question: can you skip a weightless fluke? I was fishing a small river with a high flow yesterday & was committed to my weightless worm. I caught nothing on it. My swimbait did not even get hit. I thought about putting a fluke on, but figured it was not the time to experiment or I would be hung up in everything
I believe its even been to hot for the fish lol. I've only been catching them early and late on these extremely hot days. Largemouth and smallmouth have been hitting flukes. I couldn't get a bite on crawdads or hellgamite but they tore a Salty Fluke up.
Virginia is unique also with the fact that the landowner can own the bottom of the stream or river also. Read up on this. It has gotten tubers and people fishing in trouble here before. Due to the crowds of people from DC and Baltimore that come out in the summer, everything around where I live is posted.
I think your referring to the Kings grant land on the Jackson. Those are the only places in VA where the land owner owns the river bed. And that's only because the land was granted to a family pre 1776. Everywhere else that is navigable the land owners rights stop at the high water mark.
I will never understand why people leave trash at these spots. I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve asked to fish a pond and the land owner says “well I used to let people fish but they always leave trash or take fish. Pick up your trash please
That spot we used wasn’t public. It was private, but not posted. All other possible access points along almost 20 miles of river were posted heavily. Why? The trash. People hit their limit with the abuse, and they shut it down and posted up.
10 miles in low summer water? Done before dark? You're getting soft in your old age, Jeff. :) What magic shoes were you guys wearing to take that kind of hiking and not eat up your ankles?
For your Neko weights-do you like the internal nail weights or something like Zman’s that basically peg into the bottom but the bulk of the weight is exposed? In short-for river fishing, is one better than the other for being snag resistant?
Low water fishing is not fun.. too much stressful trying get over rocks and shallows water. You really looks dead beat at the end of video.. go heat a cold beer 😂
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Jeff, thanks for sharing these adventures with us, check in regularly and live vicariously with what you share. Brutal conditions with the shallow water. The heat wave here in SE Pa has really shut off the smallie fishing. We need rain and cooler temps which seem to be nowhere in sight. Restricted to local fishing for the most part, I do best on the big smallies in the Fall. Thanks also for teaching the generations to come to do the right thing, you are a man of ethics and great dedication.
You are a good dude Jeff. One of the reasons I enjoy your content is you always do the right thing. That means everything to me.
Tight lines brother.
Man, that was grueling just to watch all that portaging, Jeff!! I would have needed a life-flight outta there! Both you guys should be getting paid by the kayak manufacturers for making a video of just how tough and durable both of them are!! I can't believe you didn't puncture on all that!! Thanks for taking us along!! :-)
Well, I do get paid when you buy an Innovative Sportsman inflatable. I design and supply the hulls. Tray builds them out with the frame, seat and other accessories. It’s a tough beast because I learned where they can be susceptible to fish fin puncture.
I also don't understand why people think it's acceptable to just throw trash anywhere on this beautiful land of ours. I do the same thing when I see it. Pick it up and do my best to set an example for others. If I see someone trashing the land, I ask the question... Why do you think this is OK? Several times the answer is (Not my land or someone will pick it up.) Disgusting! This is why property owners that have Prime access Don't want anyone on their land. Thank you for pointing out what an issue this really is public land or private. RESPECT is earned not when you show the same.
Must be southern VA, nothing like that here in nova.
Beautiful area and some nice fish as well. Thanks for bringing us along. Safe travels to both of you
Probably lost some weight doing that (float)
Thanks for all the hard work
Death march? You need the powers of Darth Wader! 😅😊
6:36 this. So nice to see you picking up trash Jeff. I hope you become one of the top fishing youtube channels one day. I never see the goofy click-bait "challenge" guys picking up trash.
Thanks. It’s growing well this summer.
I’ve been waiting for this video! I was camping a few spots from yall. Wished I had talked to you. I got a great spot to park you could have launched from the camp spot. It would have been about a 13 to 15 hour float.
I wish you had too! Need to hit it again when there’s more water!
I'm from Virginia and I can't even fish my local river because every access point is private property. God forbid you let someone who is just trying to relax and do a little fishing. I drove 10 miles and only points were steep bridges. That's why I drive to other rivers because it's so much easier and people aren't land hogs in some places.
Use OnX App to find the legal, public water. Cleaning up trash at these sites helps all of us retain those areas as legal, public access. Trash there eventually shuts down public access.
"land hogs" HAHAHAHAAAAA did you see all the trash as soon as Jeff got out of the truck? "Public" land is always going to be the nastiest with the most poaching. I believe that it is an injustice that "public" lands exist since they are abused by 90% of visitors, many of whom don't even pay net taxes or licenses to build or maintain these areas. Leeches. "Public" lands exist only to be controlled by authoritarian lazy money stealing governments and destroyed by the animals we call society.
It's called Tragedy of the Commons and you will see it happen to every single "public" organization or asset. If it's worth using or preserving, it needs to be privatized and enforced, pay to enter, registered, etc., because we have all seen how government takes our money and does nothing to preserve or enforce "our" assets. We just lose with these collectivist "public" systems.
We need to be more selective with who we allow into our natural resource areas so we stop seeing hordes of inner city welfare leech litter bugs poaching them while our DNR says "yeah we don't feel like coming our for that, but we will write a memo, sorry."
Also, check around. There are usually fishing shops or outfitters that will help you shuttle.
What river in Virginia were you on? Even the James River is very low at Balcony Falls.
We are on to the 35 mile kayak float this week in VA ....
@@J.L.ScottFishing I just subscribed to your channel
@@aceboardtheangler5252 Thank you.
@@J.L.ScottFishing Yw! I’m a Virginia angler and TH-camr too. Tight lines
@@aceboardtheangler5252 Just subbed. Hit me up we will go Chase down some Smallies!!
We need some rain here in VA...all the local waters are low
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Thanks for the napkin tip, Jeff!😅😅😅
I should probably wear gloves!🧤
Just imagine if one land owner was brilliant enough to say “kayak launch here, $8-10” 😂 That was brutal 🤕
Question: can you skip a weightless fluke? I was fishing a small river with a high flow yesterday & was committed to my weightless worm. I caught nothing on it. My swimbait did not even get hit. I thought about putting a fluke on, but figured it was not the time to experiment or I would be hung up in everything
I believe its even been to hot for the fish lol. I've only been catching them early and late on these extremely hot days. Largemouth and smallmouth have been hitting flukes. I couldn't get a bite on crawdads or hellgamite but they tore a Salty Fluke up.
It’s been a tough bite everywhere in this heat!
I skip the heck out of a 7 inch scented jerk shad!
Virginia is unique also with the fact that the landowner can own the bottom of the stream or river also. Read up on this. It has gotten tubers and people fishing in trouble here before. Due to the crowds of people from DC and Baltimore that come out in the summer, everything around where I live is posted.
I think your referring to the Kings grant land on the Jackson. Those are the only places in VA where the land owner owns the river bed. And that's only because the land was granted to a family pre 1776. Everywhere else that is navigable the land owners rights stop at the high water mark.
Good stuff sir. My kind of fishing 😁
I will never understand why people leave trash at these spots. I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve asked to fish a pond and the land owner says “well I used to let people fish but they always leave trash or take fish. Pick up your trash please
That spot we used wasn’t public. It was private, but not posted. All other possible access points along almost 20 miles of river were posted heavily. Why? The trash. People hit their limit with the abuse, and they shut it down and posted up.
Beautiful river. You guys worked your butts off!!!!
This looks to be the north fork Holston? If so, stop back through hiltons/weber city/yuma area sometime.
No reason to ask. He's not a spot burner.
@@therivergiveth I fish nearly all of this river and I’m telling him another spot to fish. I’m not asking him
@colemaggard9949 in that case, you might want to edit and delete the question mark.
@@therivergivethnobody cares about your shit spot
You just answered my question of them being near oxygen, but not enough for them to be awake.
10 miles in low summer water? Done before dark? You're getting soft in your old age, Jeff. :) What magic shoes were you guys wearing to take that kind of hiking and not eat up your ankles?
That’s a tough inflatable to take a hit on that big rock at the end.
For your Neko weights-do you like the internal nail weights or something like Zman’s that basically peg into the bottom but the bulk of the weight is exposed?
In short-for river fishing, is one better than the other for being snag resistant?
I think that if you really want it to stay, you glue it.
People are are morons sometimes when it comes to trash .... good on you Jeff
That looked Brutal, talk about Torture Testing those inflatables.
Low water fishing is not fun.. too much stressful trying get over rocks and shallows water. You really looks dead beat at the end of video.. go heat a cold beer 😂
We did a second day after this one!
@@TheLittleStuff 😂Don’t blame ya! Can’t wait until early fall.