Fishing Report

[Sam Potter]

Fishing Report December 3, 05

I have not been able to get down to the river this a week. My basketball season has started and I am pretty deep into that right now. We had a tournament this past week and I spent all of my time watching games, reviewing scouting films, practicing and putting scouting reports together. There have been reports that the fishing was good with streamers, especially when the river was up. That will almost always be the case, so watch the river gauges and plan to fish some big ugly things when it is high. I did have a report that came in today from Ryan McCarty. He and a friend caught some bows throwing small Sculpins.

During the winter months, the insect activity really slows to a crawl and the fish are more clued in to minnows or nymphs that have been dislodged from under rocks by fishermen wading, or animals in the stream. I usually do well with the smaller #10-#8 Sculpins in clear water or #10 Mohair leeches in olive or brown, which I believe the fish take for small Sculpins anyway.

Be careful fishing in the Winter, hypothermia sets in pretty quick especially if you get wet. I wrote an article last year about winter fishing that may contain some helpful advise. You can find it in the stories section of my website ( TightLine.Biz ) or here in the OzarkAnglers forum.

Sam Potter