American at Howe

Short report here guys:
Chryss, Sam and I got on the water at 8:00 at the Howe ramp, a fella told me the striper's were stacked up at the outfall structure upstream and showed a 25" fish as evidence!  So we paddled up quickly against the current and wind...that river looks slow...looks
On the way I trolled a 8" broken back for nada.  once at the outfall structure (at 8:20) I got one good cast in then was hit with a monster birdsnest.  I forgot to reset the tension on the reel!!!  after spending 20 min cursing and fighting, I called it a night and we paddled back to the car. We were loaded and out of the lot at 9:15, the sign has been changed and shows closing time as 9:30 now...
It was nice being on the water, the air was cool, birds were everywhere, and we were splashed by 2 beavers in different stretches of water...

If I have time, I'll try to get back out tomorrow for a little longer, maybe 7-9 instead of 8-9...