duckydoty

Should be pre spawn up there. Check the water temps and that should tell you what is going on.

I guess it is a good thing your name is bobber and not sinker. I'm glad you were able to share your adventure with us!

Way to go Zach!

Cuiver river has some to be caught. Should be just about right anytime soon.

It does cover fishing guides also. The only way it is possible at Taney is that it is Corps land.

That is correct. The MDC ran into problems with that a few years ago on the duck hunting land that they manage.

Welcome to the forum and there is lots of info on here about fishing Taney that can help you achieve your goals

I believe Phil sells pencil lead at Lilley's Landing in the tackle shop. It is lead in the form of a thick wire that you cut to size accourding to the current conditions that you are fishing. You will need a pair of the Lead Master Pliers that Phil also carries in his shop to cut the lead and punch the hole in the end in order to put it on the snap swivel. A 5 or 6 wt rod is what I would recommend.

When casting the line is coiled up in my left hand and I basically catapult the line out letting the coils fall off my hand. At the end of the drift I strip the line back in coiling as I go. I like to use a 10 ft. rod in Alaska but was only using a 9 footer yesterday. 9 ft. was better for under the trees. Chuck and Ducking is preferred in Alaska because it is the easiest way to get deep fast. Duckydoty comes from my joy of duck hunting

I dont know the actual units but it looked like 3 or more.

You don't really want it to swing. You cast upstream and let it drift passed you in as natural and straight line as possible. Yes, the weight needs to be just enough to tick the bottom.

I was using a 6wt rod, but should've been using a 5wt for the 5x tippet. I was using anywhere between an 8th oz. to a 1/4oz. lead weight.

Had a couple of hours to play around and with all this high water and reports of tough fishing, I decided to see what I could find. I broke out the Alaska Chuck N Duck rig and stopped by the outlet to talk to the fellas fishing there. They all said the fishing was slow and that is what I wanted to hear. So instead of fishing the outlet I headed up the bank and dropped in right there by the new concrete steps between outlet one and outlet two. First cast and fish on. Took a couple more casts and another fish on. Both of these were caught on 6 mm tangerene beads. The fish put up a great fight in the current. Decided to see what else the fish would bite on. Caught 3 more on white slumpbusters, and one on an olive pine squirrel sculpin. Lost 2 on size 14 grey scuds on 5x tippet in the strong current. Headed down to the boat ramp and put one to hand on a san juan worm and lost several others in the current. There are hungry fish out there and places to fish besides the outlets during high water. You just have to figure out how to get down to them. Chuck N Duck system is a great way to fish right now. BCO and Phil both carry the shooting lines you will need. I think Phil carries the pencil lead and Lead Master Pliers that are also needed to fish this method. I will post a diagram of the chuck and duck system.

Kudo's Jeremy!

As conscientious fishermen, in order to show our appreciation maybe we could get together and do a "Creek Cleanup" around redbud's property someday in the near future.........

A hungry brown over 20 pounds

I'll be there!!!!!

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He's afraid you might eat them

I saw that rebar last night when the water was off. Somebody must have got ahold of that with thier lower unit and really yanked it up out of the ground. It's a great big long peice about 15 feet long and bent over with the loop sticking up about 4 feet in the air. Somebody should really take a hacksaw down there and cut it down some. I can see a lot of boats getting tore up on that.

DD'sMC recently caught a 25" bow at RR that weighed in at 8 1/4 lbs and my brother caught a male the very next week that measured 25 1/2" and weighed in at 6 3/4 lbs. RR's catch and release season can produce some very nice fish but like laker67 said.....the 10 pounders are getting hard to come by.

Stopped by Lilley's Landing and picked up my bumper magnet so I could be identified as an OAF'r. Didn't get to see Phil. Apparently he was out putting the stalk on them high water trout. Not an easy feat this time of year. Anyways, I like the magnet...much better than a sticker and now you guys can quit flippin me the bird.....you can see by my new bumper magnet that I'm an OAF'r

Welcome to the forum.....and dont pay any attention to that Terry Beeson fellow.

Were you at the boat ramp by the Bridge in Galena or a Blunk Rd ramp???? I will start locking my campershell. I hate it when people borrow stuff and dont bring it back.

I got some reports last night that some big sows were caught at Blunk yesterday afternoon also.