Sometimes the worst conditions are the Best Conditions

[LittleRedFisherman]

Sure hasn’t been many fishing reports on here lately so I’m gonna do one.  Took my friend Chad out on the river this past Tuesday. He hadn’t been fishing with me in about a year and the only chance I had this week was Tuesday afternoon. Which only gave  us 4 hours of actually fishing!   Me being a usual optimist especially when planning fishing “ha ha “  told him the rain that was moving in would start about the time we leave.  So we got on the water bout 2 and was gonna fish till had enough daylight to moter back.  Started out fishing a place that usually holds a good one or two and whacked a 16 incher on a jewel finesse jig right off the bat, after that nothing.  So decided to moter about 4 miles to a hole that is hard to get to but with the river being up some I knew we could make it.  Bout the time we got there and started fishing, the sleet opocolypse hit, and I mean coming on Down.  The deck of the boat was getting slick. I was throwing a craw and chad was throwing a ned.   We get to the top of the hole and he decides to throw a crankbait.  Water temp was mid 40s and I was thinking about going with the jerkbait.  First cast he nails a solid 14 incher, second cast a fat 16 incher that weighed 2.6.  So I picked up my crank and proceeded to catch some.  After about an hour the sleet turned to rain, then a hard rain and the temps where right at 35 at this point.  We both had on somewhat waterproof stuff, but after a couple hours it started soaking through.  Bout the time one of was mentioning giving in, one of us would catch a goodun.  Then we’d look at each other and say this is crazy, then we’d catch another one.  Finally the pace slowed down and we started getting cold as the sky’s began to darken. Well we had held up pretty good but a 4 mile boat ride with damp cloths at this point proved to be more than refreshing heading back down river, hadn’t been that happy to see a boat ramp in awhile let me tell ya.  Moral of this report is, sometimes the worst conditions are the best conditions, low pressure or whatever had them chasing cranks in mid 40’s water, and good quality fishto,  was just blessed to be there. Very last fish of the day was a fat 18 incher!  It’s more rewarding I think to succeed in conditions that drive most to stay home.  I just love fishing, I love everything about it!

Bret 

[Johnsfolly]

Congrats Bret! You guys caught some chunky fish for sure. Great job in sticking it out in crappy weather!

[BilletHead]

           Way to go Bret those are some nice fish and bringing back a few memories. I remember a couple fishing trips when a blizzard blew in and fish still biting. It is so hard to quit!

 BilletHead

[LittleRedFisherman]

1 hour ago, Johnsfolly said:

Congrats Bret! You guys caught some chunky fish for sure. Great job in sticking it out in crappy weather!

 

50 minutes ago, BilletHead said:

           Way to go Bret those are some nice fish and bringing back a few memories. I remember a couple fishing trips when a blizzard blew in and fish still biting. It is so hard to quit!

 BilletHead

Thanks guys.   It was really neat hearing that sleet hit the trees and bluff while fishing.  The wind layes to zero thankfully and the experience was a neat one I won’t soon forget.  The fishing was really good for a couple hours once all that started. 

[JestersHK]

Nice Bret!  Way to brave the elements.  Can't catch em from the couch I always say.  

Caught some trout once when the sleet started coming down before with @Seth I think they like the cruddy weather LOL

[ollie]

I would have to agree with you on the weather! Nice catch.

[Johnsfolly]

1 hour ago, ollie said:

I would have to agree with you on the weather! Nice catch.

Ollie is there ever nice weather on Capp's ?!?

[drew03cmc]

Nice fish Bret. I agree, bad weather brings the big girls out for me.

[ollie]

🤔hmmmm, now that you mentioned it, NO! lol

[stinger160]

Warriors!!!!!