BFTMASTER Posted March 4, 2014 Posted March 4, 2014 A good fishing buddy and I decided to take a quick trip to shake off the fishing equipment. Rolled into Gastons late Friday night. We stayed in the bedroom accommodations and received 40% for winter special on the first night and 30% off for March Special the second night. Worked out great for us. The rooms were very clean, beds sucked (typical hospitality supply stuff). I would rate the shower in our unit as one of the best for hot water and pressure that I have ever experienced in overnight accommodations anywhere. Overall rating for convenience and value ****. Next, we rented a Commissary John Boat from the State Park Dock. For a rental, you cannot beat this. The boat had all kinds of room with spider type seats, live wells did a good job of keeping fish 100% alive, and the newer 15hp electric start Yamaha were completely awesome. We have rented boats from about every resort along the white over the years.every one of them rents a beat up 15-20yr old boat with a motor that may or may not start, and most are smoky old two-stokes, and you are lucky to get anything more than a 9.9hp. Now maybe some of them have been replaced since we rented, but that is what we experienced over the past 15+yrs. On Saturday we had min. flow and that restricted us to the state park area. Second cast of the day around 7:30, I hook a nice little brown of around 16" on 3/32 oz. Jig in the small amount of current near the rock jetty. We did well on the white until it was too bright (sun never came out until around 2:00 or so). The rainbows were very cooperative and hit brown/orange, sculpin/olive, black/olive. The trick was to work the jig slowly. I killed the fish by actually popping the jig and letting it sit on the bottom for several seconds. 9/10 times they picked it up off the bottom. Otherwise you would get followers back to boat, but they were not really that excited about a regular jigging retrieve. Yeah, you get hung up occasionally or catch moss, but that is normal jig fishing anyways. The fishing really slowed down in the early afternoon but picked up nicely around 2:30. Once the sun started to go behind the bluff, I switched back to White jigs. Picked up a couple nice chunky rainbows for the box and a nice 18" or so Brown that did not want to come near the boat. A fun fight later, he came close enough for the net. Just to switch it up, every once in while I would throw my rod with a Rapala CD-3 in Brown Trout Color, which accounted for several nice rainbows, just never got consistent with it, probably due to the low flow. I also tried some trout magnets I had bought on sale a few years ago. These little dudes work really well. Negatives: They are hard to throw because of the size, the hooks are very delicate and bend just trying to take the hook out, and the plastic bodies get chewed up really easy. I dont see how you could fish these with current of any kind. I guess I am not that good with 1/64oz lures.Positives: If you see fish, throw a trout magnet, one of them is going to hit it and they hit it hard..like they are feeding and not just investigating. All together I caught 103 trout Saturday. 7:30-5:00 in a boat . Guy from Tulsa? At min. Flow? Thanks Ham and others for the tips. Hope to meet you guys over there sometime Until next time. Fish all you can and don't listen to the haters --BFT
Lancer09 Posted March 4, 2014 Posted March 4, 2014 That looks sweet! What did the boat rental run you?
BFTMASTER Posted March 4, 2014 Author Posted March 4, 2014 Boat was around $125 + tax . Included fuel, seats, paddle, life jackets, net, drift chain, and bleach bottle scupper.
Ham Posted March 4, 2014 Posted March 4, 2014 Great trip! Happy for you and proud of your results. I hope no one calls you a liar. I mean really, HOW could anyone catch 100 fish in a day? Every Saint has a past, every Sinner has a future. On Instagram @hamneedstofish
Ham Posted March 5, 2014 Posted March 5, 2014 Minimum flow shouldn't scare a jig fisherman. You have to fish differently, but you can still light them up. Every Saint has a past, every Sinner has a future. On Instagram @hamneedstofish
grizwilson Posted March 5, 2014 Posted March 5, 2014 Great trip! Happy for you and proud of your results. I hope no one calls you a liar. I mean really, HOW could anyone catch 100 fish in a day? Sounds like he got good advice from someone?????? LOL! Good job guys. “If a cluttered desk is a sign, of a cluttered mind, of what then, is an empty desk a sign?”- Albert Einstein
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