Is It Worth It To Come And Fish For Browns This Coming Weekend Oct 27-28?

[Wrath]

I have not fished the area up by the dam in a number of years for browns in the fall and was wondering if it was worth it to come over this year and fish for some trophy caliber brown trout. I've heard that there was a large die-off of the browns last fall due to the floods and the water being too warm. Is there any truth to this rumor? If so, approximately how many died? I'd love to go, but I don't really want to waste the 4hr drive this coming weekend if the fishing is not worth it.

Thanks.

[ruthead]

I sure hope it is. we're driving 5+ hours one way to find out.

[Gallagher]

Was is reported that the Brown's actually "died-off"? I thought it was just a low numbers year last year,....... but what do I know, I've yet to hook a Brownie. -sigh-

[Brian K. Shaffer]

Seriously ... what do you want us to say here ?

The fishing is slow. The catching is slow. Stay home.

In all good conscious.. I jest, but seriously.. come and fish and find out.

Life is too short to not fish due to rumors and internet opinions.

Whatever happened to getting skunked once in a while ?!?!

Fishing is fishing. You gotta put in some time to reap some benefits.

Sorry if that comes across a little harsh... but given your question.. it needed to be said.

[Dylan Cluver]

Wrath- i have been night fishing atleast three nights a week and it has been very slow. There are a lot of fish around however and i have seen a couple 8+lb fish around. It has just been very hit or miss it seems. I think if i were you i may wait another week or so since you dont live real close But then again i could be wrong.

[Nighthawk]

i have personally seen some 5-7lb browns and a buddy who owns a fly shop saw 2 20lbers, so the fish are there, maybe not in great numbers. whether they will be biting when you are here, nobody knows. i haven't heard of many big browns being caught yet, so if it were me, i would monitor the forum and come when the catch rate improves a little.

[Leitsout]

I'm leaving work early today and driving the 4+ hours to find out. They call it fishing for a reason. Staying (camping) tonight through Sunday at Cooper Creek. Gonna do a mix of fishing from the Ranger and fly fishing up by the dam.

[Wrath]

Please leave the asinine comments off this forum. There is no need for it.

To the rest of the folks here, thanks for the information.

I simply asked two valid questions. Is there any truth to this rumor? If so, approximately how many died? How hard was that to answer? I can come to my own conclusions on if I want to come down and fish based on good answers. Also, alot of the USA had major fish die-offs this summer due to the heat. Why waste a weekend off, waste $100 on lodging, $40 on food, money on an out of state fishing license, and $160 on gas? Would if I was flying in from South Africa? Would you make the same comments?

[timsfly]

Fishing was good this morning, I caught 22 in 3 hrs, nothing big but about 1/2 & 1/2 browns and rainbows. Caught several on a marabou streamer, most came on an egg or a San Juan worm, I used 5X till the sun came up, and then switched to 6X biggest was a 16" brown

[vanven]

Like Tim said, fishing is good right now and generation patterns make it really easy to fish a good chunk of the day. Expect a lot of fisherman down there. Catching a big brown is like winning the lottery, plus or minus one weekend is not going to matter. I personally would go sooner before the leaves really start dropping and fouling up the water.

-Jerod