AtticaFish said:
Dreamland/Ideal: Floating a fairly clear/deep water river in a kayak in search of 20" smallmouth all by my lonesome. Friends are great to have along to solidify the fish stories, bond, BS and what not, but you just can't beat getting to fish where you want at your own pace.
Similar for me. I do this every weekend, but with a buddy for a shuttle partner. Good thing about kayak's is that you can fish alone 90% of the time, then hook up for BS, lunch, and at the end, a shuttle.
Last week I played hookie on Thursday, spend from 7am to 6:30pm on the river, caught plenty of nice smallies, but nothing over 17.5" (still an awesome day), then realized we were 4 miles from the takeout. Called a buddy an he was able to pick me up to get my car, then I returned, got my shuttle partnre & brought him back to his car just as it got dark. Then did it all over again on Sunday ... different river, different state, & completely different pattern of fishing. Got a dozen over 15" before the first two hours of the float was done, then the rest of day day scratched for a fish.
All fish came on soft plastics on jigs I pour & paint or flukes.
That's nirvana being on the river twice in one week, catching fish and working for a bite.