Sunday, April 27th

Today, Joe Chott and I floated and fished the Lower Salt River about a half hour drive from Mesa. John Goodman helped us schuttle cars. Thanks John!. We put in about 6 a.m. and started fishing right away as Joe and I are avid fishermen. Unfortunately the fish didn't cooperate. We caught some little bass, largemouth and smallmouth and I caught 2 rainbow trout. About three quarters into the float, the Verde River flows into the Salt and doubles the Salt in size. That's alright, but the Verde wasn't verde today, it was brown and made the Salt River very murky. We kept fishing, but it was over. The water just wasn't clear enough. We did manage to see several Bald Eagles that Joe said are permanent residents on the Salt. We didn't see the wild horses that Joe has seen on previous trips. I would have liked to see them. Maybe another day. Stay tuned ....