Norfork River Fishing Report 8/26/16

[Ham]

After lunch, I hooked up the boat and headed to Norfork to sling Zig Jigs. I had checked the projected generation. I wanted to allow some time for the water to get clearer and cleaner.i did not wait long enough. It was still brownish and trashy went I started. That did not thrill me. 

I got one to hand pretty quickly and settled in. Sure was hot though. Ran into a wad of brook trout. One gave the game away by swiping at my jig at boat side. I caught three brookies In a row and missed a couple of visual brook trout strikes. I ran up to top of legal area above the boat ramp at Quarry Park. I got a couple of nice fish. I set into a good fish and fought him to boat side. I was very surprised to swing a Largemouth Bass aboard. I put him in the live well. I took him downriver to a backwater area where he might have some friends to play with.

here's where Ham screwed up. All of the sudden, the water rose again and trashed up again. I had failed to note that they were going to run 1 generator for a few hours and then increase to 2 units for the last 2 hours before shutting the water off. Crap.

I spent the rest of the day hitting small eddy areas and other reduced flow areas. I found a creek and caught 2 more LMB and a big crappie. The cast after the crappie, I caught a slob Rainbow. I don't fish Norfork for numbers. I fish Norfork for Slams and for size. I had an eighteen inch Rainbow and One of my last few fish was a big headed Brown. He managed to bite my finger. Their teeth are really sharp. I could not find a Cutthroat though. 

I motored back to the pool with the boat ramp right as they turned the water off. It really drops out fast. I quit fishing when I broke off a nice fish. It looked like a big fat Bow. Barbless so she'll shake it soon. 

I ended up getting 16 fish to hand. It would have been sweet to get another Slam, but I failed to get it done. I didn't Go Away mad though. I'll get more Slams. 

 

[Ham]

A couple from Bookievillie

[Ham]

Warm water fish

[Ham]

This was the rainbow caught the next cast after the crappie. 

[Ham]

Brown trout teeth are sharp

[netboy]

I would consider that to be a new kind of slam with the bass and crappie thrown in the mix.

i fished the C&R area earlier this week and did pretty good. I did notice quite a few fish with lampreys attached to them. Seemed like lots more than I've seen before. Nasty looking critters.

 

[Ham]

I did not catch any my last few trips, but it is that time of year. The lamprey were here before the trout. The adult lamprey feed for a few months parasitically and then spawn and die. The population is self limiting in that regard.

I don't harm the lamprey that fall into my boat, but that being said they are creepy as all get out.