it must be a kid thing becuse my boys also do the james Bond thing on the river. I have never caught any Lakers in ossippee, never even went for them have heard a some being caught. most of the time I am salmon fishig and get lucky and pick up a brown or rainbow by accident my camp made out fine with the floods it is high enough that I did not even get any water in the basement just need aload ore 2 of fill on the beach area to fill in some washouts