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Last month over labor day week end, a fishing buddy and I went up north to my Stepdaughter’s place for some camping/fishing. “Step” has a nice spot with a stretch of stream, on private property. It has a variety of fish, trout and warmer water fish at different times of year, and is connected to the main waterway through the central part of the state. You never know what will be there, bass, catfish, sunfish etc., which makes it tricky and unpredictable fishing. I’ve seen some big carp, small trout and lots of crawdads.
Anyway, we went out one night after dark for some night fishing. The water was very cloudy and high compared to usual, because it had flooded the day before. The water level was actually rising that night again, pretty fast too. Lots of slippery clay deposits that made things more difficult. I slipped in it the next day and got a treble hook stuck in my finger, set the barb in deep,… but that’s another story.
We weren’t having much luck fishing, but all of a sudden we started hearing these loud splashes in the river, just across from where we were fishing. We couldn’t see anything on the other side with the lights we had. It sounded like someone was throwing in big rocks (20 pounds or so) in a row, one after another in the stream… boom boom boom! I think I yelled something like, “Hey! Knock it off! You’re on private property! We’re trying to fish over here.” After it went on a while, we decided it couldn’t have been from a person or people, because we would have been able to hear them running on the other side and/or see them. It also would have been nearly impossible for someone to run that fast with that many big rocks, ready to go. It was very odd. The other side is a cliff with lots of rocks of all sizes that would have slid into the creek if people were running over there. We would have heard it. Shortly after it stopped, Step was still looking along the other side with her flashlight and said she saw something that looked like a “giant beaver“.
I’ve heard people say that there are big beavers in that river canyon, but never have seen one myself. I also haven’t seen any of the usual beaver signs, like felled trees and beaver dams, but maybe it’s because it floods every year. There are burrows on the banks of the stream I’ve seen, which make me think more of monster river rats!
I told another buddy of mine about it, who’s spent a lot of time up there, and he thinks those giant beavers jump in the stream at night and splash their big flat tails to try and scare people away! LOL
The river rats have round tails unlike the beavers, but maybe they belly flop or something? Anyone ever hear of giant rodents doing that sort of thing?
Whatever it is,… I want to go back with some night vision binoculars or some type of portable flood light and catch it in the act. Who knows,… it might be good to eat.
We'll probably head back up towards the end of this month. I really want to see this thing.
This shot was taken before it flooded. That whole sand bar was under water last time.
Anyway, we went out one night after dark for some night fishing. The water was very cloudy and high compared to usual, because it had flooded the day before. The water level was actually rising that night again, pretty fast too. Lots of slippery clay deposits that made things more difficult. I slipped in it the next day and got a treble hook stuck in my finger, set the barb in deep,… but that’s another story.
We weren’t having much luck fishing, but all of a sudden we started hearing these loud splashes in the river, just across from where we were fishing. We couldn’t see anything on the other side with the lights we had. It sounded like someone was throwing in big rocks (20 pounds or so) in a row, one after another in the stream… boom boom boom! I think I yelled something like, “Hey! Knock it off! You’re on private property! We’re trying to fish over here.” After it went on a while, we decided it couldn’t have been from a person or people, because we would have been able to hear them running on the other side and/or see them. It also would have been nearly impossible for someone to run that fast with that many big rocks, ready to go. It was very odd. The other side is a cliff with lots of rocks of all sizes that would have slid into the creek if people were running over there. We would have heard it. Shortly after it stopped, Step was still looking along the other side with her flashlight and said she saw something that looked like a “giant beaver“.
I’ve heard people say that there are big beavers in that river canyon, but never have seen one myself. I also haven’t seen any of the usual beaver signs, like felled trees and beaver dams, but maybe it’s because it floods every year. There are burrows on the banks of the stream I’ve seen, which make me think more of monster river rats!
I told another buddy of mine about it, who’s spent a lot of time up there, and he thinks those giant beavers jump in the stream at night and splash their big flat tails to try and scare people away! LOL
The river rats have round tails unlike the beavers, but maybe they belly flop or something? Anyone ever hear of giant rodents doing that sort of thing?
Whatever it is,… I want to go back with some night vision binoculars or some type of portable flood light and catch it in the act. Who knows,… it might be good to eat.
We'll probably head back up towards the end of this month. I really want to see this thing.
This shot was taken before it flooded. That whole sand bar was under water last time.
