DRegan

Fished a 10 acre pond in Goochland last week. Day started out great, landing about 20 smaller bass in the first hour...guy fishing with me picked up about 5 in that time. I caught almost the entirety of them off of poppers before eventually pulling a few off of some senkos. Fished for bout 3-4 hours...between the two of us we cleared 50 fish. All smaller, biggest only bout 2lbs. I did latch into a BIG ONE though. Got him to the boat...saw his belly come up when he went parallel with the boat...would have been the biggest fish I've ever landed, so it was appropriate that he somehow tossed the hook a foot from the boat. Just got my new kayak last week...so I'm looking to tear up some waters if this weather ever breaks! Wanted to hit Swift Creek Res today, wish the outside temp would wake up.

Looking to hit Briery Creek for the first time and wanted to run this issue past anglers more experienced with this water. I fish out of an 11 foot inflatable, the SeaEagle 9, and was obviously a bit concerned with having the amount of trees/stumps that Briery has. While it is constructed out of a vinyl hybrid that's extremely durable (its rated for class 3 rapids), you can understand my concern with the type of vessel. Opinions? Worth going out there? or not without an experienced Briery angler? Also, for the first time out I saw some concerns earlier in this thread with outboards. First time out, the 4 HP Outboard or rely on the trolling?