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> The boys were back in town, part 3 - Clark's Marsh

Launching into destination number two, the bass pond at Clark's Marsh

The boys with the first fall colors, red maples of course

These lily pads were full of boils and swirls as we paddled through

Success at last! Nice fat 16-er from the Marsh, in a deeper back channel on a #10 KBF

Prospecting for bass in the backwaters

Bass water, home of that 16-er

Wildflower bouquet in the middle of the marshlands (Bidens sp., possibly beckii?)

Serious wetland habitat, beautiful and diverse

Whorled loosestrife (Decodon verticellatus), a beautiful native relative of the evil purple loosestrife

Major habitat - this place sees a LOT of bird activity at various times, including bald eagles, trumpeter swans, blue herons, pileated woodpeckers, wood ducks, hooded mergansers, yellow-rumped warblers...

Working the bass waters

Low-rider...flipped my kayak for the first time ever

Notice the water line on my shirt

Todd continuing with Joe's lessons

Fly boxes I deployed

More flies - these are my main two boxes I carry in the sling-pack, the previous two are "add-ons" as needed

Finally...the wreckage! This is (part of) what Joe & Todd killed during their visit...oh yes, a good time was had by all!