Sunday, October 2, 2011 – Tensas Cut Off, mile 12.2 on the Tombigbee / Mobile River

We left the anchorage at 8 am on a cool (53 degrees) but sunny morning. By mid afternoon, the temperature was 78 degrees and made for a lovely day of traveling. We sighted three large alligators during the trip, all of them sunning themselves along the banks of the river.

 

 
 

 









After sixty miles and nine hours, we were safely anchored up Big Briar Creek, a great hurricane hole off the Tensas River Cutoff at mile 12.2 of the Mobile River. We anchored near the railroad bridge, even though it wasn’t necessary to go in that far, but the train traffic was surprisingly quiet. In fact, it was a peaceful night on the hook.

 
Gale tried fishing for bass but didn’t come away with much. He talked to a couple of guys in a fishing boat who said they hadn’t been able to get the fish to bite all afternoon.