Depth And Trout

[Outside Bend]

As has been alluded to, big fish like the water where you can't easily get to them- they didn't get big by being dumb. If that means deep water, they'll exploit it. If that means skinny water that folks overlook, they'll exploit it. If that means tough to reach, technical little eddies and swirls, they'll exploit it. If it means hanging out in the cushion just before a massive logjam, or under an impenetrable growth of overhanging vegetation, or a slot underneath a cutbank, or a crevice under a rock shelf, they'll exploit it.

[dennis boatman]

Totally agree with the last two posts. Bigger fish will be wherever they feel safe, and only venture out when necessary. This has been an excellent thread. Keep it up.

[RSBreth]

Totally agree with the last two posts. Bigger fish will be wherever they feel safe, and only venture out when necessary. This has been an excellent thread. Keep it up.

I've fished plenty of "pocket water" like Al describes, because no one else does. I don't know how many times I've fished Eleven Mile Canyon in Colorado, catching some really nice fish.

No one else there, except kayakers.

[FishinCricket]

As has been alluded to, big fish like the water where you can't easily get to them- they didn't get big by being dumb. If that means deep water, they'll exploit it. If that means skinny water that folks overlook, they'll exploit it. If that means tough to reach, technical little eddies and swirls, they'll exploit it. If it means hanging out in the cushion just before a massive logjam, or under an impenetrable growth of overhanging vegetation, or a slot underneath a cutbank, or a crevice under a rock shelf, they'll exploit it.

Absolutely!!!!!