Well, I got out in the morning like I hoped to -from 9 till noon.
The river is really low. Had to pole around toward the West end. Got stuck once and almost had to get out which would have really sucked since the pole would sink into the mud over a foot before hitting anything solid.

Anyway, I got 19 fish. All carpexcept 1 buff. Only saw 1 gar, and he took me by surprise and disappeared under the boat before I could draw. I saw a monster carp in there. So big I hesitated before lobbing a shot at her. She took off fast heading straight away from me. Looked about 10 to 12 inches wide. Big, big fish. The bow-wake was enormous in that shallow water, and she made a trail in the muddy bottom that I could actually follow for a ways, but never saw her again.

If I had shot fast enough to hit her, she might still be pulling me around.