11-7-12 White River Fishing Report

[Ham]

I checked the generation schedule and the real time water data and planned a trip. I ran my jet up river in some REALLY skinny water and floated back down. I found some areas that were BOTH really packed with trout and somewhat protected from the wind. Some higher water hit late and helped me run back down river which was nice. It also sparked a late bite.

I fished from 9 AM until 3 PM and landed 131 fish. I had one Brown trout. I guessing they moved up river from where I fished. Oddly enough, I caught 6 trout with lamprey attached. I also caught a lamprey by itself. I had a bite and snap set the jig and got the lamprey instead of the trout.

I caught the VAST majority of these fish on 1/8 oz Zig Jigs. I broke one off on a fish and lost one more to a snag, so fairly inexpensive in terms of jig use. I caught a handful of trout on a variety oof in lie spinners. I'm trying to develope some other methods for folks that fish with me that are NOT able to fish a jig effectively.

No really big fish. I did had a few in the 16 inch range. Lots of nice fat ones though. My best day for numbers so far. I left them biting. I don't know if I could have gotten to 200, but I could have gotten 175 before dark easy.

I did see one trout smack the crap out of a leaf floating down river. Oh great down we have vegan trout.

[gotmuddy]

you put in at your normal spot?

[Ham]

I have a normal spot?

I fish the river from the BSL dam down to Reds landing. I'm looking at doing a a trip down below Calico Rock maybe to Round Bottom access to check out smallies, but I'll probably wait on doing that until next year when the water would be warmer.

[gotmuddy]

I got you confused with hoglaw I believe, he puts in at ranchette.

Now that the weather is cooling down, I will start doing some trout fishing again.

[LittleRedFisherman]

Thanks for the report, sounds like you got the zig jig method down!! I just ordered about 9 dozen zig jigs for this winter, just got into jig fishing for trout this summer on Taneycomo. I know everybody has different colors they like. I got mostly brown and orange, olive and ginger, and white for the possible shad kill in Feburary

[Ham]

Those are all good choices LRF. I fish Triple Olive, Olive/Ginger, and Brown/Orange more than anything else. I need to order some jigs sooner rather than later. I plan on trying a couple more colors, but sometimes more colors = more confusion.

[gotmuddy]

white works all winter long when they are generating...but you didnt hear it from me!