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rgfixit

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‘Crick” Fishin’
« on: Aug 09, 2020, 01:29 PM »
Hit the backyard stream (That’s what i call it anyway) this morning. It’s a bonafide “crick” this time of year. Caught a ton of Rockies and a few smallmouth with the fly rod. Water was cool at 7:00am, air was cool, fish were hungry.

I’ve been wet wading small creeks for most of my 70 years. Still just as much fun now as its always been. With the heat and humidity coming our way, its a perfect respite from the boat in the baking sun.


Go get your feet wet!

Rg
 
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Re: ‘Crick” Fishin’
« Reply #1 on: Aug 09, 2020, 02:14 PM »
 
Your absolutely right , I to enjoy that but haven’t done enough of it this year 😡

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Re: ‘Crick” Fishin’
« Reply #2 on: Aug 09, 2020, 02:40 PM »
Oh my thats great...  Back in the day Sprout "Crick" in Lagrange NY with gramps drowding worms with a 15 foot bamboo cane pole.... No reel....    He could drift a garden worm and catch trout like no other..
 It was always a crick not a creek...     
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Re: ‘Crick” Fishin’
« Reply #3 on: Aug 09, 2020, 06:46 PM »
It’s August so bet the salmon river wet foot guys will be starting soon too

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Re: ‘Crick” Fishin’
« Reply #4 on: Aug 09, 2020, 07:49 PM »
Congratulations on your day out!

I'm just getting back into small mouth fishing myself after a 30+ year hiatus. 

(We don't have 'em where I live now, so I have to travel a bit to pursue them).

I do have a terminological question for you New Yorkers?

Exactly how big does a stream have to be to be a "creek"?

We don't have them here in Massachusetts, where a stream is either a "brook" (small) or "river" (large), with nothing in between.

I get the impression that a "creek" is somewhere in between, but exactly how big does a "brook" have to be before it becomes a "creek" or a "creek" becomes a river. 

Sort of the same sort of question as to when a "hill" gets to be a "mountain."

rgfixit

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Re: ‘Crick” Fishin’
« Reply #5 on: Aug 10, 2020, 02:39 AM »
Interesting question as I get myself ready to visit what i consider a stream this morning.

Here’s the way I’ve always thought of it.
Creeks are largely made up of runoff from rainfall in one way or another and feed into larger streams.
Streams are formed by creeks feeding the same flow , are larger and eventually Flow into rivers.

Rivers collect what the streams and creeks send them and flow into lakes.

“Crick” is an antique term for the little creek down the road.....most used by antiques like me.

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Re: ‘Crick” Fishin’
« Reply #6 on: Aug 11, 2020, 08:37 AM »
Not disagreeing, just sayin'...here I have Skaneateles Creek and Nine Mile Creek near me. They both are outlets of lakes, Skaneateles and Otisco. So I feel a creek is larger than a stream, crick or brook...I used to live next to Carpenters Brook (we used to call it a crick) and there are little spring fed creeks, cricks/tributaries running into that all along the way from the Carpenters Brook Hatchery to the Seneca River in Jacks Reef...so I guess it's a local VERNACULAR...ie: language...depending on your location and the local vernacular.

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Re: ‘Crick” Fishin’
« Reply #7 on: Aug 11, 2020, 10:25 AM »
Sounds reasonable.

The stream/creek I fish a lot is Ganargua Creek on the books. It originates somewhere south towards Bristol and empties into the canal in Palmyra. It then exits the canal via an overflow near Port Gibson and continues round and round till it empties back into the canal again near Lyons.

It has many lives.

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Re: ‘Crick” Fishin’
« Reply #8 on: Aug 11, 2020, 06:31 PM »
I found a sweet hole yesterday maybe 6'x6' deep hole I could see about 20 trout swimming around one I would say was around 18-24 inches didn't have a rod with me but I will be back

rgfixit

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Re: ‘Crick” Fishin’
« Reply #9 on: Aug 11, 2020, 07:01 PM »
That wasn’t Ganargua.

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Re: ‘Crick” Fishin’
« Reply #10 on: Aug 11, 2020, 07:54 PM »
That wasn’t Ganargua.

Rg

This particular hole was not but I do know some good holes on "Mud" crick or Ganargua same thing

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Re: ‘Crick” Fishin’
« Reply #11 on: Aug 16, 2020, 05:32 AM »
“Crick” came up a bit yesterday.



Maybe it’ll wake up the fish. I’ll find out in a bit.

Rg
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Re: ‘Crick” Fishin’
« Reply #12 on: Aug 21, 2020, 05:57 AM »
Heading over to the “crick”in a  bit. Gonna pestered  some Carp for a while. Went yesterday but didn’t get to my spot till near noon. Water is low and clear. Carp were lazily feeding in the shadows. I was forced to be in the bright sunlight. Tossed in some “strawberry Jello corn”  and a couple good sized fish moved right in on it. Before I could get into position to make a cast they spooked and didn’t return.

I should be in the shadows this morning. Hard to fool them when conditions are in their favor.

Rg
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Re: ‘Crick” Fishin’
« Reply #13 on: Aug 21, 2020, 07:55 AM »
Got one this morning.



Big slug. The net is about 20’ wide. Two zeroed in on the strawberry corn within 5 minutes. It took a corn fly and headed for the next county. Good thing I took the 10 wt. Waited another hour or so but nothing more.

Sure gets your heart pumping.

Rg
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Re: ‘Crick” Fishin’
« Reply #14 on: Aug 21, 2020, 07:36 PM »
Thats a good one Bob.....    :thumbup_smilie: :clapping:
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