Kiski River

This is the third straight week I was able to get out and fish on the weekend, so I took a trip up to the Kiski at Avonmore to see what I could find. This is the first time I fished it, and despite that fact that it seemed like there were some good holes, all I could come up was one small smallie. It was kind of surprising because I expected it to be a little more productive than that.

That being said, whoevers idea it was to put a canoe launch in avonmore is a smart person because it was heavily used. There were at least 4-6 groups that used it while I was fishing.

were you using live bait or artificials?

I use chubs for 90% of my (non flathead)river fishing . Everything eats em

I have gone up about a mile, but I am not sure exactly how far you can go. I am interested to see what other people have to say.

Of course it depends on the boat too, I was in a 16 ft deep V.

Tim

Tiny Torpedos and anything that imitates a crayfish have been successful for me. I was up and down the Kiski this three day weekend in a boat from the confluence and up and the deepest I saw on the depthfinder was 6 feet at this time of the year. There is not much fishable structure in the area where I was. A few fallen trees and some boulders but that's about it. Plus that area gets pounded with jet skis and boat partiers.

you know, I thought about trying a tiny torpedo since my girlfriend's dad is a very big fan of the tiny torpedo for smallmouth. It was just about the only thing that I didn't try. Oh well, there's always next time.