White River Fishing Report 10-25-13

[Ham]

Foggy and 33' when I launched the boat. I got fishing a hair before 0900. I fished downriver. Water was falling out as I fished.

They ran heavy water > 10K for three hours the previous night and knocked a bunch of crap loose. I fished an hour without a bite. NOT GOOD. I eventually got enough light to see how trashy the water was and to adjust to the bad conditions.

I probably should have relocated up river where most of the loose crap would have flushed down. For better or worse, I chose to stay put and going it out. I was really happy when I finally got one in the boat. I had planned to catch > 100, but I knew that was out of the question once I saw the suspended trash in the water. Only muddy water is worse.

The wind was also higher than forecast and blew me up river. That really stinks.

I managed to work small protected areas for numbers of fish. They bit well in areas with cleaner water.

I finished with 51 fish caught. Not many good fish. I had a handful in the 15 inch range. All but one came on a Zig Jig. I gave up on my usual olive colors and went with Brown/Orange , White, and solid Ginger.

I did get another another OMT 84 UL. I matched it with Nanofil 6lb on a new Quantum spinning reel. Sweet combo.

According to Jeff at Global Dorber. They made 8 of the OMT 84 UL's in this batch and all of them were spoken for already. My response was "make more". They have a hard time making the blanks because of previous commitments to make other blanks for other companies.

Beautiful day, but kinda cool on the water. That was a cool breeze coming off the water for sure. I quit fishing around 1500.

[hoglaw]

We opted to float the norfork this weekend with the boat in the shop. Floated from 9 to 4 and had a great day yesterday. I think we managed 40 between us, but we had a number of very nice fish. They were seriously fat and happy. Caught a few on the fly rod but jigs and panther Martins in the catch and release area took all of the big fish. It was a beautiful day. We went up to white hole last night just to look around with the flashlight and saw some giants working the shallow water by the ramp.

[Ham]

I really think the Norfork is fishing better than the White and I want to fish it, but logistics are holding me back.

Glad y'all had a good trip.

[LittleRedFisherman]

_{Man, I got to fish with you one of these days, love zig jigs! Look like December this year, before i get to do much fishing... Great report!}

[Ham]

I'm looking forward to it LRF! I hope we can make it happen in November, but if I have to wait until December, I can deal with it.

[BFTMASTER]

Sounds like someone needs to sneak up to that boat ramp @ white hole with some streamers one night. (Don't forgot to leave the flashlight at home)

[LittleRedFisherman]

I'm looking forward to it LRF! I hope we can make it happen in November, but if I have to wait until December, I can deal with it.

You never know, but if it keeps raining, guess I could sneak up on one of the rainouts, but after a stretch of averaging 17 hours a day, kinda wore out. Guess I could tough it out for some good fishing!! If weather cooperates, can still get done before thanksgiving. I'm ready for some winter fishing!!

[Ham]

17 hours days SUCKS. Your boss is a slave driver.

[LittleRedFisherman]

17 hours days SUCKS. Your boss is a slave driver.

Lol, self inflicted Ham, I am the boss!! It's my only payday of the year, so you make hay while the suns shining!!

[Ham]

I certainly understand that. My Mom grew up on a diary farm. They worked a whole lot of long hard days. They sold milk, but they grew most of there veggies and their meat.

I've got a lot of patience when it comes to fishing. I'll be ready to go when you get a chance.