As a guide I attract attention on the water and especially at boat launches. There is always interest in what I am up to. Folks frequently engage me in conversation and if I have time hang out a little. Yes, it’s true many of you are late so hanging out is usual. Some of those I am hanging out with have good thoughts to pass along. Some of those are wisdom for sure.
As we approach the end of summer and the autumn transition inquiring minds want to know; here are my thoughts on the 2026 season on the Saint George. Fish have been in small pods scattered throughout the river hard to find for sure and each pod only giving up a fish or two. Making the try and move pattern critical to our success.
One reminder the summer is drawing to a close is blooming cardinal flowers along the sides of our ponds and rivers. A striking red flower that leaps out among the green going to amber shoreline reeds. The cardinal flower grows in moist to wet, rich soils, naturally along streambanks, pond edges, marshes, and wet meadows.
