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I took my daughter fishing today. I think we fished about 4 hours. Since I did so poorly on the White yesterday and since she wanted to get a bigger trout than last time (Christmas Day), I took her to Norfork. Parking lot had no other boat trailers when we got there, but a couple of knuckleheads in the way. I get that it’s fun to bank fish, but don’t block the boat ramp. Just saying. I let her get a few warm up fish in the slower water near Gene’s trout dock. I could fish there too and caught a 1/2 dozen or so. I only cast a handful of times below there. Chloe got a decent Rainbow with a big Chestnut Lamprey attached. She was appropriately disgusted with the lamprey. She refreshed her casting skills and caught a couple more fish and away we went. We dropped down into Long Hole and first cast at a micro eddy she hooks a Big Cutthroat in high current. She did a good job and got him in. We pulled over and got some good pictures. That sort of set the stage. I guided her letting her cast into small back eddies. She hooked quite a few and landed probably a dozen or so all day. She had a 17 inch Cutthroat and a 16 inch Rainbow. She lost a pretty decent Brown, but did catch a smallish male Brown. I really hoped she could get a Brook Trout and complete the Slam, but it did not happen. She’s a natural at fishing like her Mom and lives and dies on every hookset like her Daddy. She got pretty aggravated with the fish that came off, but was so Happy with the ones she caught. (You could take a lesson from this John ). I look forward to our next father/daughter trip. Smallies this Spring is on the Schedule.
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Thanks for keeping me humble. Geez.
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My daughter wanted to fish on 2/3 so I wanted to pre-fish and be have ideas. I fished from 1:30 pm to 4:20 pm. the beautiful weather had just under 40 million boats on the river. I have honestly never seen the river that busy and I hope never to see it that busy again. I fished almost an hour before I had a bite. I sure was glad when I caught that first one. Flow was higher than I like for Jig fishing (11,500 or so) and there was some wind as well. So, I threw a jerk bait a fair amount and got one Cuttie on it and some follows. I lost my drag chain that I have had forever. My inner tube shock absorber failed on me. I will replace it. Ended up with 7 fish. One of which was my first walleye of the year. I did finally find a few fish that I could have leaned on and caught a few more, but I headed in. Still going to fish with my daughter today. Leaning towards Norfork instead.
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Heck of a day Jeff!
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Close enough. Lots of variation. mottled browns and greens. Sometimes amber and somes chocolate
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He kept the Gar alive for 2 days!!!!! I’d give him a certificate for that. I would have caught it and immediately released it after a few pictures.
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I’m just happy to have Friends.
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I got friends in low places.
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You do get around.
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I’m 100 % fishing. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. My boat is open for 2 guests. I’ll stay at cabin or not depending on occupancy. If someone else needs the bed, I’ll sleep at my house.
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I’m really Sorry to hear that Rick. Let me know what you time line is. If I can take you fishing, I’d be glad to do so. All you would have to do is wind them in. I’ll do everything else.
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Liner Creek is s long cold run in a trout boat.
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Negative Ghost Rider
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Meh
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I just can’t do it. PLEASE Let me know if they were limited to lures made out of the jerky though.
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Fishing ten different ponds in a day. Dang you had it made.
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I was told by a very experienced fly fisherman I met on the water that the fish get put off after s little while and you should probably be very active moving and trying new areas. I think there is some truth in that.
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Swing by the house one of these days and give me your phone number. You can meet Bella and have a beer.
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Nice looking rig! Is it a jet or a prop?
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LittleRedFishermsn and I were trying to plan a river adventure, but overnight rains on 1/23 made our rivers rise a bunch so we shifted our sights to the White River. They’ve been running a bunch of water and we were gonna sling jerkbaits and look for a BIG bite. Well...best laid plans and all ... Bret couldn’t get over here ; house stuff required his presence. So, I shifted my sights again to the Norfork. I didn’t get a Brookie last year and I had hopes for a Slam. I must be getting soft in my old age. It was pretty chilly getting the boat hooked up and gear loaded. I decided to let it get above 20 before I headed to the river. 22 when I left the house and 27 when I launched the boat. Surprisingly, I was the only boat at the ramp. I tried the pool above the ramp. I think there were Shad coming through because gulls were working hard, but our govt protecting us from ourselves won’t let you fish anywhere near where that is happening. In all fairness, ppl would die, but the fishing would be GREAT! Anywho...got bites, caught nothing. They were running two units FULL which makes fishing harder and boat control a nerve wrecking exercise. I caught fish and I didn’t die. I would have caught more fish and been at much less risk on 1 unit. Just saying. Richard Cross will be Happy to hear I lost a bunch of jigs. I managed to avoid losing any jerkbaits. With 2 ppl, you might get 1/2 of the hang ups loose. After I almost broke a rod, I quit trying to get my jigs back. I caught a handful of fish on a jerkbait. No Browns on it. I lost a couple of fish so who knows. Long Hole treated me a little nicer, but was much more difficult boating. McCllelands is an awesome spot. Awesome. Better with less water , but awesome. I caught fish down btw McCllends and second island as well as btw the Two Islands. I had caught some beautiful Cutthroat in the catch and release area and a Fat hen German Brown Trout just above the second island so I wanted to complete the slam. I ran back up and fished Long hole a few drifts, I gave the big pool by Gene’s a few drifts, and I went back to the upper lagoon and tried the mouth of Dry Run where I caught more Rainbows but no Brook trout. By this point, I was tired and cold. I had caught 27 fish and decided to pull the plug on the day. I was exhausted from the wind and cold and stress. I had a nice supper and went to bed super early. It was a Good Day. -
Second Cutthroat was a little over 17 (I originally thougt it was 18) inches.
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Not too many Silver Bullets yesterday
