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If you’ve been following the guys who did the Trout Bum & Fishbum series of videos you’ll know that their new outfit is Motiv Fishing. You’ll also know that they are the cream of the crop when it comes to adventure fly fishing. They’ve got an incredible project planned called GEOFISH that includes fishing on all 7 continents. As a geography major, GIS professional, and a fisherman, this is probably the coolest thing I’ve ever heard of and I hope they are able to pull it off in it’s entirety. The first film is GEOFISH: Mexico and it is now out on film. I’ve posted the trailer above, but I definitely look forward to seeing the whole thing. Their major sponsor is Costa Del Mar and they’ve done a phenomenal job on their website promoting the project, check it out here: https://www.costadelmar.com/explore/destinations/mexico#post1. I love the timeline with the map and the fact you can follow along their journey through Mexico, watching video stills and checking out  pictures. It makes for a really cool, interactive site, other brands should take notice, makes me proud to own a pair of Costas.

Had the day off today and rather than head south and fish for redfish, I made the decision to head north to fish for spotted bass. Not sure it was the right decision, but it was fun to check out a new creek. We must have gotten a lot of rain last weekend while I was out of town because the creek was a little off color and the flow was up higher than the last time I crossed it. Plus there was quicksand everywhere which made it really tough to wade. I ended up fishing for a couple hours before I headed back home, not only was the wading tough, but the fishing was too.

This creek was actually plan B, a trib of plan A, it was running a little cleaner than the larger creek. Roof shingles were scattered all over the creekbed during the wade, it didn’t take long to find the culprit. I’m guessing Isaac brought this creek to a record level and caused an undercut bank at a bend to seriously slough off, sending a house/garage/shed/something into the creek. It looked like it wouldn’t be long before it was going to swallow another one too. The power of water is amazing.

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