Huzzah & Courtois Report

[goosetalk]

I floated the Huzzah on 6/7 and the Courtois 6/8. Put in at Huzzah Valley and floated down the Scotia the first day. Fishing started slow and I was only picking up fish on the Ned rig. Water was still fairly swift so I was only finding bass around wood with little to no current. Tried a buzzbait and a fluke with no bites. Later on I decided to ditch the buzz and put a spinnerbait on and started catching immediately.  Ended up catching around 20 bass, still in the areas will little to no current. Some came from deep holes around large trees, but most were alone laydowns on the bank. I was fishing the spinner just under the surface and the bass would come from under the logs and nail it. I wasn't burning it but I wasn't slow rolling it either. Steady retrieve. Any pauses seemed to cause trailing fishing to turn away.  Nothing over 14 inches but a fun day. 

The next day I floated from Bass to Scotia. I started with a spinnerbait and Ned. Fishing started off a little slow again but the spinnerbait started to produce. A few times a bass would miss the spinner and I would pitch the Ned and pick up the fish. I was finding fish in more current anywhere there were large boulders or trees. Any spot that looked right would produce at least one fish. Several times I had multiple bass following the one hooked. We then came to one bank that was maybe 200 yards long. The pool had current but was the perfect speed. Went through once with the spinner and caught a few. I got hung up near the bank and when I went over I noticed some rock bass. I decided to run the bank again with the Ned. It got to a point where almost every cast produced a rock bass or smallmouth. Had a smallmouth hooked and 3 other bass were following it at one point. I would cast the Ned down stream and let it fall on slack line. By the time I tightened the line I would usually have a fish. It was a blast. 

Ended up with 5 fish over 15" with the biggest going about 17" coming off the spinnerbait as well as three of the other biggest ones. I believe I caught around 50 fish with maybe a dozen being rock bass. It was my best day ever on either stream. 

Some bass were still guarding beds, but not many. Sunfish were on beds. 

Sorry no photos. I forgot my Pelican case with camera at home 

[Eric82]

Thanks for the report!!!  I haven't been down since the beginning of May with all the rain etc.  How was the conditions? Cleared up? Still a little high?  Sounds like no problem either way....

[goosetalk]

3 hours ago, Eric82 said:

Thanks for the report!!!  I haven't been down since the beginning of May with all the rain etc.  How was the conditions? Cleared up? Still a little high?  Sounds like no problem either way....

Holes had that emerald green color. With polarized glasses you could make out the bottom. Shallower areas were clear. Had no problem seeing fish hit the spinner bait from a distance. 

[Eric82]

Nice!!!

[MJREDDY]

Great to hear those creeks still produce. Been a while since I've had a day like that on either one. Good stuff!

[Pat Magee]

On 6/9/2016 at 9:19 AM, goosetalk said:

Holes had that emerald green color. With polarized glasses you could make out the bottom. Shallower areas were clear. Had no problem seeing fish hit the spinner bait from a distance. 

That emerald green color is a perfect way to describe the water recently.  I took off my Costas and was shocked how many things I would have missed if I didn't have them on.