PODCAST: Boat Fishing — How Everything Changes When Floating a River — S11, Ep5

by | May 12, 2024 | 4 comments

 The Troutbitten Podcast is available everywhere that you listen to your podcasts.

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We’re here to talk about floating down a river, about why we like boats, how floating is so much different than wading, how some opportunities are uniquely available and how others are shut off too.

It’s the companionship and teamwork, along with the effort and commitment required to get down the river. It’s about a good lunch and friendly banter as much as the novel approach to tactics and the pure advantage of accessing more water.

From the put in to the take out, boating changes everything. It’s a wonderful way to learn a river and to connect with friends.

Resources

READ: Troutbitten | We Watched Daylight Race the River Downstream
READ: Troutbitten | Slow Float

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Season Eleven of the Troutbitten Podcast continues next week with episode five. So look for that in your Troutbitten podcast feed.

Fish hard, friends.

 

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Enjoy the day.
Domenick Swentosky
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Domenick Swentosky

Central Pennsylvania

Hi. I’m a father of two young boys, a husband, author, fly fishing guide and a musician. I fish for wild brown trout in the cool limestone waters of Central Pennsylvania year round. This is my home, and I love it. Friends. Family. And the river.

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4 Comments

  1. Dom-you didn’t mention that in some waters across the country, you can use an outboard motor on a jon-boat. Many tailwaters can be accessed by boat and motor. Contrary to what some of the Troutbitten members said about catching more fish wading! As a general rule, you will catch more fish from a boat simply because you can cover more good water that holds more trout. One of the big advantages of wading is you can fish an area thoroughly where many times you only get one shot out of a boat. Sometimes to get a big fish to take your bug requires several drifts through the same lane. Fishing from a boat extends the life of older anglers who can no longer wade due to age and medical limitations. If you and the Troitbitten crew live long enough you will know exactly what I am talking about. Thank heavens we have trout waters across the country that we can fish from a boat.

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  2. I have both a 16 ft pontoon 3 man and a hand built drift boat and they both have their purpose pontoon is excellent on the ******* drift boat not so much too many goobers to tear it apart I use it on the *********

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    • Good stuff, Kevin. But I edited your comment to take out the spot burns. 🙂 Cheers.

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