Friday Report Lower Restricted Zone

[Bill Babler]

Guided long time client Dave Mangelsdorf last couple of days on the lower restricted zone, and it is for sure totally off the chart right not.

Started Friday to one generator and a gentle breeze and stopped on the channel bank on the North side across from Short Creek. This area has been holding some very nice trout even out of the zone. Dave caught 13 here in 4 passes drifting a beaded egg on 6X leader bouncing it abouot 6 ft. below a very small carrot float. Best fish here were 2 17 in rainbows. I have caught at least 1 and usually 2 or 3 15 inch fish in this area all Winter when the weather has let me at them.

Moved into the restricted zone still with 1 unit on and continued to catch fish however smaller on a modification of the tout magnet, using a magnet head and hook and tying pink chenille on it to resemble a trout magnet.

Water off at 11 and wind howling switched us to a size 12 olive micro about 2.5 feet under the indicator and it was hard to keep it in the water for longer than 60 seconds without a take. Dave caught 7 straight missed one and then came back with 11 more straight.

Had 3 Browns, all under 15" and to many bows to count, none over the first ones that we had at short creek.

Restricted zone is just loaded with fish and they are porpoising and jumping on flat water like I have not seen in a while. Tony Wiedele told me he saw several schools swimming from Clay banks to Fall Creek that had 50 plus fish in the school.

Good Luck