Me too, kinda proved the legend of waderboy lives 😀
We were all screwed up on time and about 1/2 way home I was wishing I stayed over .
That last hr was BRUTAL !!!!

hot tuna
Me too, kinda proved the legend of waderboy lives 😀

In my own mind if nowhere else!
 
We were concerned about driving home like you did.
That's a killer day for 40 year old kids.
A place L13 and I no longer dwell and you are almost able to see in your rearview mirror.
Glad you made it.
 

I've made that 272 mile ride flying solo too many times.  I've gone all different ways from Rt 84 to 86/17 to 81/481/81 or TSP to 787 to 90 to 481/81 or TSP to Rt 82 to 145 to Cobleskill to 88 and back roads to 90 at Mohawk to 481/81 and have yet to find one that doesn't take its toll.  I feel that the stretch from Albany to Syracuse on 90 is by far the most boring ride of all.  I wish I lived closer but that's not likely.  I love fishing those rivers so I try to make the most of those trips regardless of the price I pay to recover.     

Glad you made it alright  also!
Loading and bolting is certainly nothing to apologize for.
Gives something to look forward to next time
 
 
Twist Tuna's arm till he agrees to go back.
Riding in your boat keeps the Aholes at arms length and we have had some good water to pretty much ourselves even if the fish have been playing hard to get.

Looking to fill a seat Thanksgiving morning, launch 730 off by 100. Great day to fish only boats on the river last year were Tony and myself, some of the victims



 

Now that's my idea of surf and turf, steelhead, turkey & football!

Although we keep fishing and keep enjoying it I think we have to admit the season stinks.
Last year had a definite odor but nothing like his year.
Those of us participating on this Forum are of a kind that will keep on keeping on despite the conditions, many others will not.
The past two seasons are particularly annoying as they were preceded by  two seasons of positively GREAT fishing.
Now we enter a season of Winter Steel fishing which has already proven to have a poor start.
That small  pods of fish that would have had little to no past notice have become "news" lately is indicative of the issue.
Am sure we all hope for a better future however it would seem that a life cycle of fish may be necessary to provide that result.
Predictions of an 'el nino' winter could not come at a better time for the Lake and its recent record breaking icing issues that are a very likely cause of the problems we face.
I personally have strong positive support for the NY Hatchery folks and their constant attention to the issue at hand.
Mother nature can be a serial killer- now and then she feels it necessary to rise up and show who is really in charge......
Things will improve- over time
One must give credit to the unusual crowds that still show up on the River this season casting away all day to what they certainly know to be slowwwww resuts.
Rant over - sorry hadda do it.

Don't care for conga lines either-would rather go off someplace and get skunked than resort to that.
Did it out of frustration for  while in Church last trip and went nuts- got out.
Waiting all night for 'the spot' aint in my portfolio.
Personal numbers don't mean much to me -its the place and atmosphere that counts.
Mostly after catching and landing something will just sit back and watch the show for while - like to give spots to newbies when ever possible after a catch.
Soooo it aint bout the numbers but the quality of the experience that I think brings most of us to the SR.
That said there aint much fun in fishing an empty swimming pool.
Ya gotta be in the game. We are- after all- predators.
How many seasons will one spend in a tree stand and never see a Deer before going someplace else-??
Yea -its nice out there- but ya have to be in the game-------
Ct salt is only 15 minutes away from me and the RI beaches only bout 45-- been a while but thinking bout getting back to it----glad I kept my gear.
 

Spent a considerable portion of my time last week looking up and down river at no one, in one spot I could see an easy 200 yards upstream and 1/4 mile down.  Where I hit my fish, I was visible from a main road, and 2B and I were only sharing the 1/2 mile stretch with an elderly Russian lifter.  You can find water with solitude even when the "hot spots" are full.  But I agree, last year I just thought the run was late, and then they started keeling over, this year, they for the most part have not shown up to keel over. 

hot tuna
Points taken . Mine is that you knew the lifter was there or somewhere

But if I don't go the lifters win.
 
I just like to keep my head down and outfish them so I can watch there swagger fall apart.
I love when some Dbag that thinks he's hot siht slinks away with his tail between his legs.