Crane Report 10\17

[burninworm]

Started at Lower Wire 0700. Caught my first mcloud a short time later on a red san juan. 6" and was actually almost fun on the 3w. didn't see a lot of fish so packed it in after about three hours and hit city park. Caught a trout laying on my belly (another first), ran about 10" that was fun on the 3w. All in all if I'm gonna have a tough day fishing I'd rather it be Crane. Plenty of small fish, looks like a good amount of trout fry as well. Hope people will quit littering this beautiful one of a kind fishery. Two nasty dead armadillos floating in the park section, (looked to have been shot), all those tires in lower wire, and the paper litter. I hauled out 1 large plastic target bag packed full of paper trash I picked up from lower wire. I'm going to go back for the tires next monday, unless somebody thinks I should wait for the stream team.

On another note, do I need to be wearing orange fishing lower wire right now? (I figured since it's just muzzloader and archery on CA property I'm okay), but sure enough around 9 a.m. about 10 shots rang out in the space of five minutes. I don't think they were on the wire, sounded like it came from between crane and there. Anything I can wear to show I'm not a deer, but that trout would have a hard time seeing? What's the best thing to do besides yell if I feel like I'm in danger?

[Andrew324]

I wouldn't worry about the orange if you know lower wire well enough. For one thing, I approach the stream via the old rail line, This way you can get a good glimpse of what kind of shape the stream is in, and that way your not tromping through the woods on the south side of the stream. I do know a few people hunt out there, but everyone who enters the property from the parking lot knows its a trout fishing area too. If they see your vehicle, if they have any sense they will know your out on the stream. But, if your really worried about it, wear orange, and do not go somewhere you think could be trespassing (like the fine line between the park and the Reel Dairy Farm). The trout do probably notice bright colors, but they probably see your line, shadow, or something else first. I don't wear bright colors on the stream, but many times, your only gonna get one or two presentations before they notice something "fishy".