LRFJ,
I am sorry about your luck, but the bankies get no love in the Meathole, the area above is generally left for the bankies. So you were kind of breaking a traditon there, I have fished that river many times out of both a boat and off the shore.. Hate to say it but you should have expected that to happen. The meat hole is one of the only prop accesible holes in the upper River.
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Facts don't care about your feelings..