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MFF US Northwest => Montana => Topic started by: robbi on Jun 07, 2014, 01:12 AM
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Anybody else gonna be a Tiber this weekend? We're staying in the VFW campground Sat/Sun......be on the water most of the time......Red Lund, Grey Dodge Dakota pulling it.
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heard that the fish are bitting good up there now good luck almost went but my buddy has to be back in butte at 4 pm so all fishing was postponed till later date good luck
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Russian River ::) ::)
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Russian River is as good as any place..........LOL. We're thinking Tiber again.......but the weather is looking like crap......maybe a one day thing on Sunday........
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going to helena not sure were at on the mo
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Hoping to pull a 2 day shake down to Canyon Ferry in preparation for our trip to Fort Peck the beginning of July. Respooling trolling rods right now!
Jay
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Going to canyon ferry goose bay for the weekend
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Sounds like some of us have plans..........come on weather!!! ;D
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Gonna try hauser myself, hope something works
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Pulling out for Frances in a couple minutes. Since we're only getting one day in this weekend we figured we'd hit Frances instead of Tiber.........good luck to everyone and Happy Fathers Day to all you fathers out there......enjoy your day. Oh yeah........trying out my Father's Day gift......new St Croix Eyecon Troll and Bounce rod.......put my line counter on it and new Suffix 832..........gonna break it in.........!
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Happy Father's Day Robbi, great gift!!-let me know how Frances is. Trying to find time to put the boat in the water. Been so darn busy-working sure cuts into fishing time!!!
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Got blown off (and not in the good way... :o ) at CF this weekend. No fish but the kids had fun camping for a night.
Jay
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Bummer Jay..........been like that this year......haven't fished without wind much and blown off Tiber last Saturday early. Jerry.......Frances produced. wasn't hot and heavy, fast and furious but we bottom bounced our way into about 30 eyes....many small.......and some hammer handles. We brought home a nice limit........
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To much wind and rain for us to so we left Saturday at about noon
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Pretty slow at hauser, two rainbows, another boat had only one small eye at the ramp when we pulled out. Sorta rainy (like ALL day).
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Fished CF from shore and did NOT do well this weekend. This cold weather sure is not going to help much.
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We started at Tongue but were not quite geared up for the cold/wind/rain so we left around 10 on Saturday. We did get 1 keeper northern and a bunch of smallmouths on jigs. Then we went to Yellowtail and got 1 nice crappie and a bunch more smallmouths.
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So far the weekend weather is looking good for around the Great Falls area..............hoping it holds!!
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Gonna play in canada for four days starting tomorrow, hopefully will bring back pictures. ;D
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Can't wait to see them........Canada is definitely on my bucket list for walleye and pike.
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Looking at Frances for the weekend.......weather is looking great. I'd love to get on Tiber, but until they stabilize the water level up there, the walleye will be iffy.........You'll get em, but it's gonna be hard work.
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Fished Holter and found out that is where there is no boating etiquette at all. Just because you can afford a boat doesn't mean you can drive one. Anyway... No walleye, just a couple rainbows, and a ton of little perch. Enough action on the perch to keep the two little ones happy. Tried trolling but there are just way too many loose weeds and some green slime in the water to keep from have to run the gear every 3-5 minutes. Had a couple of fish hit when pulling cranks over top of the weed beds but all came loose when the 3 and 5 year old tried to reel them in. Makes me want my trip to Fort Peck get here even sooner!
Jay
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"Fished Holter and found out that is where there is no boating etiquette at all. Just because you can afford a boat doesn't mean you can drive one." Exact reason we don't go there often. LOL...........Hoping your trip to the mighty Peck is awesome..........let us know......
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Looking at the weekend forecasts............High winds everywhere from Helena to Havre and everything in between.........might have to get some creek fishing in.......
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If ya do hit CF this weekend, there will be a Walleye tournament both days, and good luck to everyone in it!
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Headed out for Tiber in a few. Gonna be a warm one. We'll be in the VFW campground tenting it.......older red Lund, 90 Merc, grey Dakota, stop by and say hi. Jules is meeting a friend up there and gonna fish with her for a day. They are going to do the Women's tournament July 19th and they have never fished together.
Wherever you're going, have fun, be safe. You know how crazy the holidays can be..........
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Looks like Tiber again this week for us. Gonna be a warm one it looks like, but looks as if the wind is gonna lay down a bit........!!
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Went to Noxon last week. sm bass are in the shallows right now and caught a couple dozen of them
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Thinking to go to Browns middle of next week, anyone been there lately?
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Yellowtail this friday. It will be the Crestliners first trip there.
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Tiber Fun Days this coming weekend. Jules is in the Womens Tourney on Saturday.........then we'll play it by ear.....wind is supposed to be up, have to see how bad it gets.
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Have a Smith River permit for Saturday, but flows are way down, water temps way up and nobody catching anything the past two weeks per ranger at Camp Baker. So switching gears - shorter 3-4 day trip down the Blackfoot.
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Me an three friends did the smith river for 5 days an just got off wed july16 we caught a bunch of fish. it was a bit low but nothing to bad we did it with catarafts no problem. Had a blast!!!
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Me an three friends did the smith river for 5 days an just got off wed july16 we caught a bunch of fish. it was a bit low but nothing to bad we did it with catarafts no problem. Had a blast!!!
Glad to hear you had a good time. River was running 265-270 cfs when you dumped in - still decent water for cats and rafts. This morning it's at 222; below the bare minimum of 225 for cats/rafts - a lot of dragging until one gets down to Tenderfoot. Not interested in dragging my cat, so will just try again next year. I wonder why ranger was telling me no one catching fish and hoot owl hours are about to go into affect.
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With great snow pack everywhere in the state I can't believe how low all the creeks/rivers are already. Highwood creek is almost unfishable and Belt creek is low. I thought it was going to be a great year on the creeks and rivers. I've never done the Smith but I'm sorry for those that went through the process to get the permit, then can't use it!
Got blown off Tiber, I fished Friday, then they got the tournament in Saturday morning and that was about it, wind came up big time. We came home, I'm not one to sit in camp and watch the wind blow.........LOL
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Tournament at Tiber this weekend.........we decided not to participate this year. We will be at Francis this week. Been a few weeks since we've been there and I haven't heard any reports so hoping we can find them..... ;D
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Going back to Francis for more abuse? or will they be turned on this week.......LOL
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Going back to Francis for more abuse? or will they be turned on this week.......LOL
Driving to Oregon with a 4 and 6 year old to fish the salt water with my 79 year old dad. Who's looking for abuse?!?
Jay
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LOL.......Jay.....the things memories are made of........will you remember the fishing or the trip most!! But, priceless when 3 generations share a passion.......Good for you bro!
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Thinking about staying overnight at Beartooth Landing this weekend, depends on the nephew.
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That's at Holter Lake right? upstream a bit? Love camping up in there..........
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Ya we usually put in at the Gates then run down to the campground. Pretty nice little camp spot. Decent fishing close.
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Staying around home this weekend. Lot's going on, getting ready for visitors this coming week, just bought a motor home to help make our weekend excursions a little more comfortable. Might hit Belt Creek on Saturday evening for something different, not sure how low it is.
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You know what they say; the top three most expensive toys, 1) airplane 2) boat and 3) rv's. :laugh: Enjoy!
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Well thank God I don't know how to fly............LOL
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Taking my son to Ft Peck for a week before his 4th grade sentence begins. Plan to head out from Fourchette and camp somewhere, anyone been up lately that can advise us which way to go?
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I just got back from a tournament out of Crooked Creek. Fishing was pretty slow for walleyes for most teams. Although most walleyes caught were in the 20-24" range. I don't think you need to travel far, as most of the good fishing was in the Fourchette and Devils Creek area. Plenty of Bass, Northerns, Crappie, and Catfish to be had.
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We just spent a week out on Ft. Peck we put in at Hell Creek and did okay, Meaning we caught fish everyday seems like the fish don't like the warming weather we trolled small red crank baits with red hooks that seems like the color for the walleyes and pike. We had a top water frenzy at sunset in the back bays for Goldeyes that was super fun. A spot we had consistent luck was Petersen Point but the entire like was doing well. Where we marked fish in the fish finder we had a bit.
Good Luck!
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Thanks for the reports guys- we had slow fishing(for Peck) due to the weather and water temps, but still managed to find half a dozen walleye in the 3-6 lb range and I also got a 4 lb 14 oz smallie so all in all it was a good trip. Lots of crappies and goldeneyes, some northerns and quite a few small walleyes. Blue worked the best for us, most fish came out of 18-26 fow off of main lake points from Fourchette clear down to Timber Creek.
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bullseyez, were you out of there before the rain hit? Sounds bad in that area today.
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We left two days earlier than planned because of the rain, I was worried about being stuck until the roads dried out and my son had to be back for school. The gravel roads out were ugly and I don't think we'd have made it if we waited another day. You could have whitewater kayaked in some of the bigger coulees, and it looked like the highway North of Fred Robinson bridge might be under water in a spot or two where the culverts were too small to handle the runoff.
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Here we are again........Labor Day Weekend, d**n this fishing season flew by, but the best is yet to come. Choices of where to fight the crowds this weekend, everything north of us is windy, but if I had to choose between Tiber, Fresno and Frances to fight wind, I think it'd be Frances. Thinking that's where we will give it a go..........
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Headed to Yellowtail for the weekend, one last fishing trip before the guns and arrows come out for the fall.
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TJ how was the catching? Did you launch at Barry's or the dam? Thanks!!
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Fishing was pretty good at YT, launched at the dam and fished all over from there to the slide. Jigging was pretty slow, the fish had too much time to stare at it and decide not to hit. Switched it up and started speed trolling small cranks and floating rapalas with the big motor and had a blast. Couldn't keep two rods apiece in the water, lots of dinks but it didn't take long to have a limit of good eaters in the tank. All the main lake points that had a steady drop off were full of bass. Tried some bigger cranks thinking we might find some bigger fish but they all seemed to like the smaller presentation. Didn't matter what color.
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Great report, TJ. Thanks again. We try to get there at least once in the fall for a couple days. So much to do, so little time!!!!
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Tiber in the morning.........weather is looking good......should be a good catching weekend........
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Had a great time...........caught some eyes, weather wasn't bad......starting to get cool in the mornings.......water temp 65-66. Most eyes were deep.........I was a little surprised......
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Headed to Francis in the morning.........anybody have any recent reports?
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Frances is coming back around...........we had a good weekend.........
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Anybody going to Frances this weekend? I'm thinking we'll be there..........
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Calling for rain and thunderstorms this coming weekend everywhere.............it's early yet, could change......but......might just be a good weekend to skip fishing and do a little scouting.....
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While most of ya'all will be out hunting antelope or finishing off bow season, I am going up to Daileys. Should have most of the lake to myself. Not a bad sounding weekend at all.
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That'll be nice.........I cancelled plans to fish because the wind looks out of control........so antelope it is for this weekend.......back on the fish next week......
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After a successful outing last weekend at Dailey's, I would love to go back. Hard to beat 11 walleye in less than 2 hours (9 of which were keepers). Perhaps...perhaps not. I heard about a good brown bite up by Lombard, but the d**n spawn....as I have gotten older I feel guilty for targeting such fish...but I still have a hunger for HUGE fish, so which one plays out in the end...conscience or greed?
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Before I get crushed over keeping 9 walleye...it was between 2 guys fishing, and we were feeding 6 adults, 2 children, and our dog. ;)
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LOL............I never even thought about it.......but I'm sure someone was thinking it........too funny!!
Headed to Frances on Friday........!
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Good luck...and tight lines to all.
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With the first day of rifle season upon us, I can't help but smile...all that water completely unpressured...all these big fish out in the open flats...that being said, I imagine seeing myself at either Daileys once again, or maybe a possible road trip to forsythe...great camp ground, smallies like crazy, the possibility of sauger, and don't forget the cats....
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Looking windy this coming weekend again........was hoping to hit Frances again..........keeping an eye on it.....
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GOOD LUCK
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Loading up for Frances.............just for today.....
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Pretty good walleye chop for most of the day.......we managed some limits of eyes..........Good day!
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Thanks for all the reports Robbi, it kept me coming back to read your doings. Your boat put up or are you going to try once more? We are calling a end to it and waiting for some ice. Good luck!!!
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Sorry I haven't been around. Switched browsers to Firefox and didn't have it set up for this to come up. Boat's put away. It's hunting now and this year we're going for elk. Been alot of years since I hunted them, but Jules wanted to give it a go. So far, one antelope and two mule deer does. Hoping for at least one elk and we have four more deer tags between us.....looking for whitetail.......
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So...where you going this weekend? Chances are Dailey's for this guy...
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Anyone fishing at Cooney yet? Any suggestions on where to find the walleye? Are there any perch or crappie in there? Fairly new to the area and would appreciate any help. Thanks.
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Getting the boat out of hibernation today, for a shakedown tomorrow on Canyon Ferry. If the eyes are biting, well that's a bonus!!
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Canyon ferry is open? Ah nuts, I must have missed it as I drove through the dark to get to Holter. Trout were on fire, and everything else was OK. Good luck with your Shakedown, just make sure you don't have any wharf rats onboard that could cause you to spin out. ::)
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Canyon ferry is open? Ah nuts, I must have missed it as I drove through the dark to get to Holter. Trout were on fire, and everything else was OK. Good luck with your Shakedown, just make sure you don't have any wharf rats onboard that could cause you to spin out. ::)
From what I understand, the south end has been open for days. Wharf rats.....lol!
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Am considering Canyon Ferry this weekend so an update would REALLY be appreciated, Shakedown.
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Am considering Canyon Ferry this weekend so an update would REALLY be appreciated, Shakedown.
What kinda update do u need? it's been fishable with a boat for about a week now.
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guess i could have been a little more specific but you answered my question, strippin'. thank you.
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Running behind this year.......finally got the boat on the water last Sunday at the Gates........it was awesome. No fish......but I missed pre spawn and supposed I'll have to wait until post spawn on the eyes.........it was just good to be out........haven't planned the next outting yet.......
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Thinking about upper Holter this weekend. Nephew caught a 10lb brown last weekend there.
Fishing spawn from shore. It made a nice picture and memory for him. I am jealous. Fish on my friends.
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Saw guys pulling rigs for trout behind their boats on upper Holter on Sunday.........some rainbows were being taken. Good Luck to ya
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Heading back to Salmon for some more pike later this week!
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Anyone planning on paddlefishing soon?
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Looks like I am going to go out and fight the rain and wind this weekend either on the Musselshell or the Yellowstone. I don't get much time off anymore so I take what I can get. Despite crap weather, hopefully I catch a cat or two....
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Going into the tobacco roots for some mountain lakes. Found my cutthroat lake finally ice free last week. Lake is at 7200'. Might be a soggy weekend but at least I have a tarp and can build a fire.
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A little apprehensive about the weather, but going to try to brave the rain and fish on the Missouri River near Fred Robinson bridge.
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I would love to get out on the gates this weekend if the weather would cooperate!
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Going into the tobacco roots for some mountain lakes. Found my cutthroat lake finally ice free last week. Lake is at 7200'. Might be a soggy weekend but at least I have a tarp and can build a fire.
That's an area I would love to explore. Live close, but always seem to go other places....
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I would love to get out on the gates this weekend if the weather would cooperate!
Don't worry about what the weather is doing n just fish. It's spring in Montana. The weather guys r wrong half the time anyways. Don't be a far weather fisherman.
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Well....this is about the time of year I go get super serious about Dailey's. Heading up with a couple friends on Friday night. 2 boats. A ton of rods. Beer. Camp cookout. And hopefully some slabs of perch!! Who knows....might get lucky and hook up on one of those ridiculous rainbows!
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Decided to get this going again...Heading out early AM to the lower Yellowstone. Looking for creek mouths to hit for Channel Cats. Should be fun.
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im eaither goin to neveda creek reservior and fishing the creek below it or willow creek reservior and then work my way up the sun river
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GTown opener this weekend!
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Just returned from lower Yellowstone adventure. I was supposed to go yesterday (5-21-2016) early in the morning.
But sometimes plans fall through, and sometimes because of it, a better plan comes along...
That said, a friend stopped by yesterday evening hopped up to go catch cats. Being disappointed from earlier, I offered to fill his gas tank and go. (Thankfully the Mrs was ok With that)
We made it to Captain Clark right before 9pm. Surprisingly, there was actually some campers there for a change. After inquiring about the fishing and trading beers, my friend and I headed up stream to the creek...upstream of the creek...across the creek....over the mountains and thru the woods to catfishing hole we'll go (good grief)...until we came to the main creek channel and walked it to it's mouth. Now I've seen the Yellowstone much higher in past seasons, but it's flat out moving this year. It's kind of intimidating when you see the force behind the current and water flows....anyway, since we were late heading out, I brought some frozen sucker with, just in case we needed it. Usually I fish for fresh bait first, but no need this time. The frozen sucker worked like a champ. We layed out 4 rods, on the last bend of the creek before the mouth. One up top, two through the middle, and one at the tail end flat. Within 15 minutes, we switched to one rod apiece. The action was fast and continuous from 9:30 until 1 am. 26 channel cats ranging from 2lbs up to the biggest, caught by my friend, an 11.4 lbs channel!!! I also managed a bonus ling for the second year in a row...It was crazy. Generally most night for me out there is like a total of 8-10 cats. So 26 was something special, at least for me. I personally caught 16.
We got back to the truck about 1:45 am. We both kept 3 cats and despite really wanting the ling, I released it since it was close to 27". I figure the Stone could use a few more mature ling like that to keep the numbers up.
All in all, great outing, especially when I was set on not being able to do anything this weekend.
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Now that's one heck of a report!!!...nice job Teters!......
Hit Gtown today n it resemble ice season. 36° n snow on the ground!....fishing got better as the temps got warmer. 20 bows n a nice brookie for today.
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Hell yeah Fishman T! Sounds like a great day!
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Looks like TooLucky lucked out too and had a great day, despite the weather!! This spring has totally held true to how unpredictable this state can be weather wise.
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Glad I didn't go when I wanted to. I guess I missed a nasty hail storm and tornado warning. Jeez.
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Hoping to go to tiber anyone know how the fishing has been
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Going to check out some creeks outside of Huntley this weekend. I've been trying to decide if I want to go upstream on Pryor Creek, or go to Razor Creek outside of Shepard. Perhaps I go to Pompeys....that's an idea...I really don't know. Just know that catfish is the agenda.
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We bypassed the unknown, for the tried and true this weekend. Once you have an established honey hole, it's hard to try and find others, especially when you have limited time. And when 5 hours are taken from you just driving, sometimes you make the decision of get those darn fish!!!
That said, Captain Clark is a hotspot this year. Although I didn't have a 26 catfish day, the fishing was still insane!! Not to sure what's up, but the drum were extremely aggressive. Worms, cutbait, minnows...it didn't matter, the thunderpumpers were eating it all. Made for a fun day, as they are possibly the best pound for pound freshwater fighter. Not to mention they get big. Real big. I caught two over 8 pounds and that's just starting to hit their growth cycle.
All 42 drum caught, were successfully released back into the Stone. I wanted to keep a couple to try frying, but everything was over 5 pounds. Just crazy big.
Did manage 6 cats and I believe a Sauger, but could have been saugeye. It was tiny. 12" on a crawler. Stone cats and bullheads were non-existant.
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Finally...some cool weather to mellow things out!!! I can't wait to make the drive from Belgrade, out to the lower Yellowstone. I have a sneaking suspicion, that the fishing will be action packed!!! Where you going?
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The wife and I are planning on hitting Yellowtail for some smallies next fri if the weather is OK. Good luck FT!
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The wife and I are planning on hitting Yellowtail for some smallies next fri if the weather is OK. Good luck FT!
Very nice!! I hope you crush 'em!!! Been so hot this year. We just had to take advantage of this cooling.
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Captain Clark once again was the hotspot!!! 4 cats. 6 Smallies. 3 goldeye. 1 carp. And something that broke 14# test like it was nothing!!! And this was in only 2 hours of fishing...in mid day on Saturday. All fish were caught on night crawlers. After the rains, the water was stained and perfect for worms.
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We went the weekend before last weekend caught 4 catfish biggest 6 pound 4 carp and three turtles
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Going to Hell creek this weekend