March 15-16 Fishing Report

[Tito Degiosio]

I thought the same would be true, fozzie, but we found the fishing above Greer much better and "saw" more fish activity. I know that doesn't always mean squat (as water depth below the spring makes seeing them more difficult), but they were obviously doing better upstream from Greer. Again, we're talking smallies.

Tito: Competence with a fly rod all but escapes me. It's great fun and I've caught a few fish on the fly, but I grew up fishing for largemouth mostly and making the transition to a fly rod was harder than downsizing the baitcast equipment to spinning tackle. It's hard for me to be patient with a fly rod when I know I am good with spinning and baitcast tackle.

transiton to a fly rod just takes time and thats all I got

[Mark]

Water temperature replies makes sense. I never thought about the spring water actually warming the water up in winter.

[Justin Spencer]

Their bellies were bloated (I know they spawn in spring, but I am not sure where they are in the process... either way, throw those suckers back as we did).

Don't forget from Feb. 28th to May 22 black bass (includes smallmouth) season is closed on many streams in order to protect spawing fish.

[MississippiAngler]

Water from Greer Spring is about 55 degrees year round. We should be nearing the time that water temps upstream begin to warm to that level. I would think in the dead of winter (through the end of February) Greer Spring would warm the water. For purposes of my trip, above Greer was where we found the better fishing, although we didn't hit either the blue ribbon trout area or the white ribbon area where temps may have been warmer from Greer Spring. As far down as we were on the Riverton stretch, any benefit from Greer's higher temps would be lost.