A Day When Expectations Exceeded Realization

Heard from blog contributor DMac this evening. Here are the details of a trip he and a buddy took in his own words:

Ga-day, Mate. Hope all is well. Brutal fishing times fo sho.

Just an FYI for any folks gettin' a wild hair to travel south. Today, a bud o' mine and I took a road trip to fish the Roanoke River...first time for me. We got to the ramp in Hamilton, only to find out the river appears to be down 7 or 8 feet. Also muddy as hell, but that's probably the norm, and the fish are used to it.

At any rate, we punted on launching the boat and headed back north to Winton to fish the Chowan. We cruised and found some very pretty water, but that very pretty water was 89.4 degrees F...'bout the same as West Neck right now. Threw everything but the tacklebox. Did manage a few fish, topped off by a 4.7-lb. toad.

DMac included a couple pics of what he and his buddy found in Hamilton. See for yourself.