March 15-16 Report

[Mark]

Fished the Turner Mill to Whitten section on Friday and Saturday. River is in great shape for floating. Fishing was a little slow since MDC hasn't stocked since last year. We fished very hard for 6-8 hours both days. I took my nephew for his first trip on the Eleven Point. I always enjoy taking someone for the first time knowing that they will be impressed with the water, scenery, and fishing. He landed a nice 15" rainbow on Friday early into the trip. We fished nonstop from 12:30 to 6:30. Beautiful weather on Friday although the wind did pick up in the afternoon for a couple hours. Glad to have the motor on the canoe. On the day, I caught 4-5 fish with one about 14", and the rest in the 10-12" range. Nephew caught 3 fish and only the one nice 15".

On Saturday we went on with Delvis and his new jet prop riverboat. A little cooler with the high around 60 in the afternoon, and some wind to deal with again on and off. Results were about the same - bites few and far between, mostly nibblers - and we probably landed 3 fish in the 13-14" range, with everyone catching a few 9-11" fish. Not a great day of fishing but enough to keep our interest.

Not much traffic for a decent 2 days of weather. Fish were not real active and not in the usual honey holes. Fish can be caught, but even asking the few people on the river, no one was tearing things up. Guess we get spoiled with the stockers sometime, so be prepared to work for your fish right now.

All in all, a good first trip of the year. The weather cooperated, the river is in great shape, and my nephew was very impressed with the Eleven Point.

[BruteFish83]

Sounds like a great trip!