This Wknd Struggling On The Little Red

[kkparks_3]

They are generating all weekend and I'm not used to fishing the bigger water. Pretty much have been using powerbait on a drift rig to no avail with the family all weekend. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks guys.

[LittleRedFisherman]

^{I fished earlier in the year down there when the river was big. I would recommend putting in at Lobo Landing, it'a a deep 3 mile stretch of water, and the current slows down there. go upstream about a mile and start drifting. If you can find an inline spinner, that you can simply just attch a hook to, then try a power egg, or power worm, chartruse, and flo orange are my favorites. I have never failed to catch fish at the Lobo area, when the water is high. If the water is muddy, try to find a creed that runs into it, with clearing water, many times the trout will be hoarded in there to get out of the muddy water. Good luck, let us know how it goes...Bret.}

[kkparks_3]

Thanks Bret. I didn't have a boat this trip. We were using a drift rig from the bank.

Ended up having a little luck (Four fish, one ~18" rainbow) on Sunday at JFK. Everybody around us that we saw weren't catching fish either. I heard one guy say they had been there since Tuesday or Thursday and had caught one fish.

We swapped from power eggs to nightcrawlers towards the end of the day and started getting bites. I will take your advice next time I get to go up there and use a boat.

I appreciate the reply.

Thanks,

Kevin

[LittleRedFisherman]

Good deal, glad you catch some fish, 18 inches is a dandy rainbow. Yeah, JFK was a good chioce, you can get away from the muddy water there usually. I put in there for the first time myself this winter and drifted all the way down to Lindseys, there some good water down there.