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Here's one for you. I tried to pull it off, but it was too well attached to the fish, and I didn't want to injure it. Many times they will let go when you net the fish.

I was planning a trip to the Current next Wednesday, and I was wondering if they weren't allowing access below Montauk due to the government being shut down. I don't want to waste a trip if they aren't allowing access.

See Justin's post from above.

I can assure you that this ol' boy is still swimming. I keep them in the water only to take them out briefly for a quick picture. I revived him for at least the same amount of time it took to land him. He swam away very powerfully with his big caudal fin waving goodbye to me.

Stripping a taney sculpin.

Between Beaver Dam and the Houseman access.

I had a chance to bring the kayak down to the Beaver Tailwater this past weekend. I traditionally only fish this part of the White River system only a handful of times a year when I don't want to make the three hour drive down to the more popular Bull Shoals and Norfork tailwaters. I must say that this fishery has changed dramatically since my last visit in a very good way. It looks like the new regulations that were implemented have improved the number of bigger browns that reside here as I caught one of my biggest brown trout of this year (so far). I was also pleasantly suprised with the rainbows that were caught. They ranged anywhere from 6" to 15" and had the same striking coloration as the wild rainbows found in the blue ribbon streams I frequently fish in Missouri. My only compaint about the trip was the number of people. They were apparently having a one fly slash one lure contest that weekend. Here's a picture from a wonderful weekend.

I caught a few waleye below the dam this summer on a fly rod. I wasn't sure what the regulations are for waleye below the dam or else I would have kept them.

It is the Scott F2 6'6" 3 weight. I'm lovin' it.

Phil, You're more than welcome to check out my photobucket Crane Creek album. There's quite a few pictures of some of the fish I've caught as well as pictures of the creek. http://s192.photobucket.com/albums/z246/cwdou81/Crane%20Creek/

It's that time of year again, and the trout of Crane Creek are starting their spawn. I always like to take the opportunity this time of year to use this forum to remind people how important it is to watch where you are stepping when fishing Crane. If you must cross the creek or have to get in the water, please be aware of light oval shaped patches of gravel in the stream bed. These are trout nests, also called redds, and likely contain hundreds of fertilized trout eggs. They will usually be located in the shallow water at the tailouts of the pools. Also, if you observe fish actively fanning or guarding a nest, LEAVE THEM ALONE. Let them do their thing so they can repopulate. With that said, I had the opportunity to fish the lower access and also the city park area this past Sunday. I was hoping that the recent rains would have brought the creek up a little, but the creek was even lower than my last visit two weeks ago. I brought six very small parr to hand at the lower access and two in the city park. I hung around after the sun went down and was awarded with the rare 20 incher. Not a bad day.

That would be an accurate assumption.

Can't wait to see what the stream will look like when the water gets back to normal.

It was on the White River between Beaver Lake and Table Rock lake. I was using an egg sucking hare's ear.