I'll have to agree with Nooch kid and Bob D, it's the press that's made it the way it is. Fishmaster, you may have fished it for awhile, but I've literally lived on the Nooch. I've watched for years a small amount of boats come down it, but I've RARELY seen it like this, even on nice days. Especially in February. My Dad and I take alot of our vacations to spend time fishing the river (or if conditions permit other rivers in vicinity). There are fish there, it's just that you must have hit a good hole to anchor in. There were none saturday open. I only saw one fish caught out of all those boats on saturday. I talked to my "source" on the river and he said the same thing. Since he works on the river he gets a good idea of who catches what. Oh well, I'm just venting, had a beautiful day out there, just surprising to see guys who don't even know the river fishing. (Oh yeah, there were guys ANCHORED in the holes and casting to open banks. Kind of makes it hard to work a stretch they have blocked up by their boats. So I know there's a few that are new there) But the Nooch has come up in popularity. It was never this bad, maybe the occasional weekend, but it's almost everyweekend now. My Dad will bank fish from his property and count boats and he's noticed the amount going up and staying constant himself. Oh well, once the cats out, it won't go back into the bag. How's the Cow doing???? HEHE

------------------