Pigeon River

[Travis C.]

Fished it briefly yesterday and its one of the prettiest smallie streams I have seen. The water a very tanic dark clear water and full of fish. All I had was my Trout Mag gear but that was good enough. Caught 3 smallies, lost one 16" range and caught a big redhorse which jumped all over the place.

[Travis C.]

Another river pic

[bfish]

It's tannic from the papermill in NC. Tannins are the least of the worries about what they have dumped over the years. Only recently have cleanup efforts occurred.

[Travis C.]

It's tannic from the papermill in NC. Tannins are the least of the worries about what they have dumped over the years. Only recently have cleanup efforts occurred.

Interesting.

It seems a lot of streams over here have has various contaminants get in them.

[bfish]

Here is short overview of a the major issues (abiet one sided): http://cwfnc.org/polluter-accountability/pigeon-river/

There was a big flood ('05 ish) that did a number on the large smallmouth, however it is rebounding.

[lupanfreitag]

than any dame I've every seen.

[GO-OKFISHIN]

You, my man are in fishing paradise.