It was a perfect weather morning. it was damp, foggy and fairly warm. the fish bite was only early but then really fizzled on us as we got further upstream. we ran into some real nice fish but the bigger ones were not to be had. we did muster some decent fish though.
Tuesday, December 31, 2024
Monday, December 30, 2024
Looking for redemption
I went back to the same section i had fished a few days earlier due to the amount of quality fish i moved, but couldnt land and matt came out and joined me. it rained on us pretty good most of the afternoon but we did get into a few fish, not like the other day but matt did land a decent fish in the 19-20 inch range
Sunday, December 29, 2024
Cutts
Had to take the day off the other day so i chose to hit the water for a couple hours in the morning. moved a good amount of fish and saw a handful of real nice fish, but couldnt land any of them. did manage to land 3 cutthroat though and that is very odd that all i caught were cutts. the morning was brisk but pleasant
Wednesday, December 11, 2024
The big lake
Drove out to the berry for maybe the last time before ice off a few months down the road. it wasnt a great day but it was good enough to keep us there for a few hours. we got into a few fish, including a small few on mice. the others were on streamers. the weather was phenomenal for a early mid December day.
Thursday, December 5, 2024
Spawn is over
...but the fish will take a bit to get back into the fishable swing of things. some fish can still be caught but usually there is a recovery period after the spawn before fishing gets better. me and matt went out for a couple freezing hours the other day and we did get into a few fish and matt did land one good one that surprisingly wasnt beat up and still very clean. it was 8 degrees when we got to the river and 10 degrees when we were done
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Till the spawn is over
Break time for pursuing browns locally as the spawn is about to really get going. the weather was great and i got into a few fish. was a good morning
Thursday, October 24, 2024
Another slow day
The flows have come back up a bit again, so the water is better but still the fishing is really slow. we still got into a few fish. the weather was more pleasant today compared to last.
Monday, October 21, 2024
Still digging for pre spawners
Went out for a few morning hours on my day off. the pre spawners havent been very abundant so far. it seems that the exceptionally warm fall has altered the norm. still got into a small few fish and as always its good to be out.
Saturday, October 12, 2024
A Different stretch
Met up with matt bright and early to check out a different stretch of water. the water was still a little low but this stretch seems to have more fishable water during low times. we fished about 3/4 the way upstream towards are out point before we ran into someone fishing above us. the fishing had been slow so we took no issue with calling it a day and walking the trail the rest of the way out. matt did land a really nice fish but overall the fishing was really slow
Monday, October 7, 2024
Now a decrease in flows, again
irrigation is supposed to be cut off next week on our local stuff, but it seems here lately, that until then they are gonna jack with the flows a bit. the water dropped to less then my comfortable CFS, meaning for me it was lower then i prefer to fish it. i did fish for a couple hours in the morning just to see. as i expected, not much going on. i did manage 1 decent female that seemed full of eggs
Saturday, October 5, 2024
A slight bump in flows
they mustve released a bit of the irrigation water cause the flows came up about 50cfs and with that brought some color to the river. fishable color but a bit more then my liking. i did manage manage to get into a few fish and missed one really big fish but landed a couple decent ones.
Wednesday, October 2, 2024
Great anticipation
With great anticipation based on what we'd seen this summer, we expected to go out and throw streamers at big colored up browns but we ended up highly disappointed. the fish werent there, the size wasnt there, therefore the color wasnt there either. we actually did move some colored up fish but it was few and far between and nothing really big. i did muster a nice 21" brown right of the bat and i did finally start getting into more fish when i switched to a pink hopper but those fish ranged from 3-12" so definately not what i was looking for. the weather was great but not sure what to say about that outing besides that it was good to be out.
Tuesday, October 1, 2024
Friday, September 20, 2024
Lost its luster
Me and matt drove out to a place that i have fished for years on and off but the last 1/2 dozen times out or so it has not been up to par. the weather was great and we didnt see another soul around but the section we fished, my favorite section, fished like shit. we got a few on streamers and a few on hoppers but it was very disappointing in my eyes. i may take some time off of it for awhile.