Mobile Skyline
It's hard to describe the feeling of reaching Mobile Bay from the lower black warrior-tombigbee water way. Those of you who've done it may know the feeling, but I felt so free. No locks to hold us back. No shores to confine us. Everything is open and wide and the world is now available to us. Then again, it is wide and open and awesome with large ships and small markers that you often can't see pointing the way.
Navy stealth ship due to take maiden voyage the following day!
But I shouild tell you about the trip down river first. We finally left Demopolis Friday, Nov. 13!! The day wasn't as bad as we were concerned it would be given the date. The dock owner and others were still recommending that folks wait a little longer given the flooding conditions,debris and current. But Captain John and I felt we could handle the situation since our boat has two cummins 370HP engines and we have eagle eyes due to swarovski binoculars. Even though we were held up due to fog, we made the lock through the Demopolis lock at a reasonable hour and were on our way. The current was very swift adding approximately 5MPH to our cruising speed. The amount of large trees going our way made it interesting and the lack of red and green buoys intriging. Were they misplaced or lurking under water ready to attack the first prop ? We met up with three other loopers and really had an almost pleasant trip. We made it to Bobby's Fish Camp by 2:00PM our preferred stop time. All our other partners anchored north of us. I had been hearing about Bobby's for the last two years and wanted to partake of the "best fried catfish ever" I did and it was!! More river trip to follow
BOBBY'S FISH CAMP
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