Hey Jim, great report. Judging by how mild this winter has been I think you'll check off March too. I'm 99% sure I'm going fly fishing tomorrow w/ spin rod as backup, my day off and too nice to sit indoors (my ice gear is gathering dust back at my parents house though I'd maybe like to go once in March after the clock change). Fun fishing with you in December, I had an unlucky time with hookups that day but it was still a blast trying. GREAT looking Splake you caught that day!edit: Great ice formation pics too!
Thanks, Randall. Good luck on your outing!There was a short "bite window" on our December outing. I had landed most of my fish while you ground out that salmon
tried at least a good 45 to an hour, no luck/no sign of fish, but the spot I went was lower than anticipated (surprisingly), it's a spot I've caught both salmon and brook trout at in early January quite a few times years ago, but never in February. I *may* try somewhere completely different tomorrow. Felt like late March/early April out, I overdressed...
Grinding it out like always! Nice pics Jim.
Thanks, Nick. This winter has been a real challenge. Lately, since Feb. is already on the board for open water, I've spent time on the ice. Will be back on the open water hunt soon.
Worst ice year I can remember in recent memory. Makes it easy to decide what you wanna do lol.
And also the worst winter open water fishing in 15 plus years......by a wide margin. Unless things turn around real soon, this will be a winter season for the Hall of Shame
Fewer browns being stocked and all this rain ain’t helping!
It's a"perfect storm" of a lot of factors working against us. Yes, the browns are particularly concerning. They went to that new strain not that long ago and there already signs of failure. There is also talk of replacing browns and splake with rainbows in places.
I’ve been hearing the replacement of splake with bows as you know for a few years now. Not the route I’d go but the state does funny things sometimes.
Any change, whether it's good or bad, takes a lot of time. And once the change takes place, it takes forever to reverse course if it doesn't go well. You and I know a few examples On the other hand, the state is probably short on cash. That $155 from my ticket in 2018 has probably run out