C & R Report Dec 23

[Murdoc]

Went down around 11:00. Lots of people fishing and enjoying the great weather. Started with small woolie with fair results. I went up by the lodge for the first time this year. Even more people! Looked like a Saturday afternoon in the Summer. They were working in the water below the big pond. The water started to get murky. People started leaving. I changed to a tan skud 18" deep under a palsa. Caught fish on every cast for a while. Couldn't see the fish very well but they could see the skud. Have a Merry Christmas everyone!!!!!

[Tiger Tom]

Went down around 11:00. Lots of people fishing and enjoying the great weather. Started with small woolie with fair results. I went up by the lodge for the first time this year. Even more people! Looked like a Saturday afternoon in the Summer. They were working in the water below the big pond. The water started to get murky. People started leaving. I changed to a tan skud 18" deep under a palsa. Caught fish on every cast for a while. Couldn't see the fish very well but they could see the skud. Have a Merry Christmas everyone!!!!!

I agree with Murdoc's post. The water is down a bit, but there are some MONSTER trout in the water from the brood stock release. I did well with an olive mohair leech on 12/23, then returned Christmas Day and was really successful with a size 20 Griffith's gnat. There wasn't anything hatching that I could see, but caught a nice 20 inch rainbow on top--quite a Christmas present. I had only one complaint from 12/23--a guy caught a beautiful 24 incher, but dropped it TEN times while trying to pose for a picture with his buddy. I never saw if it got revived or not--I left before my temper made my tongue say some things to the two "sportsmen". The reg is very clear folks--release the fish IMMEDIATELY after catching it. 'Nuf said.