laker67 Posted December 5, 2020 Posted December 5, 2020 The wife and I decided to give our favorite trout stream a break today and ended up at BSSP. The water is slightly up and a greenish white color with limited visibility. Fishing is excellent for dinks. A fun day just relaxing and enjoying visiting with some long time friends plus a new friend from our part of the country. Good to meet you George, and enjoyed the conversation. Foghorn and his wife were there, and a couple of TU friends, Dick and Keith, from Springfield area. Catching was non stop but size is way down from the regular season. It almost appears that they turned out several 8 to 10 inchers to grow up in the creek over the winter. Everyone was courteous and respectful today which lately has become a rare thing. We enjoyed fishing and joking with our good friends. Like us, they feel comfortable from covid while on the creek. Good luck to Foghorn and Susie tomorrow. They were unsure where they might fish. My guess is RRSP. Johnsfolly, tjm and BilletHead 3
Johnsfolly Posted December 5, 2020 Posted December 5, 2020 @laker67 sounds like a great day even though there were no lunkers landed. Did they all hit one or two baits or a variety of baits? laker67 1
BilletHead Posted December 5, 2020 Posted December 5, 2020 18 minutes ago, laker67 said: The wife and I decided to give our favorite trout stream a break today and ended up at BSSP. The water is slightly up and a greenish white color with limited visibility. Fishing is excellent for dinks. A fun day just relaxing and enjoying visiting with some long time friends plus a new friend from our part of the country. Good to meet you George, and enjoyed the conversation. Foghorn and his wife were there, and a couple of TU friends, Dick and Keith, from Springfield area. Catching was non stop but size is way down from the regular season. It almost appears that they turned out several 8 to 10 inchers to grow up in the creek over the winter. Everyone was courteous and respectful today which lately has become a rare thing. We enjoyed fishing and joking with our good friends. Like us, they feel comfortable from covid while on the creek. Good luck to Foghorn and Susie tomorrow. They were unsure where they might fish. My guess is RRSP. I like this report. Primary goal made with friendship. Catching fish was secondary. laker67 and Johnsfolly 2 "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead
laker67 Posted December 5, 2020 Author Posted December 5, 2020 12 minutes ago, Johnsfolly said: @laker67 sounds like a great day even though there were no lunkers landed. Did they all hit one or two baits or a variety of baits? We never changed color, started with a light gray scud and ended with the same. Not sure what the others were using, but everyone was catching good numbers of fish. Maybe Foghorn will jump in and tell us what flies he was using. Johnsfolly 1
laker67 Posted December 5, 2020 Author Posted December 5, 2020 18 minutes ago, BilletHead said: I like this report. Primary goal made with friendship. Catching fish was secondary. Indeed Marty. One of those days that makes you wish that you could have more just like them. Good friends, good weather, and good conversation. Catching fish was just what happened while all the good stuff was going on. Johnsfolly and BilletHead 2
fishinwrench Posted December 5, 2020 Posted December 5, 2020 I wish I had known y'all were there today, I'd have shared my lunch with ya. I put on a clinic at the Highbank hole. Some better fish down there. I caught quite a few that were 15-16". I was actually surprised, because a month ago I walked the hatchery and they had nothing but a dozen brood stock fish and a crapload of dinks. BilletHead and laker67 2
laker67 Posted December 5, 2020 Author Posted December 5, 2020 You got into some decent fish. High bank is great for holdovers, it's not that easy to fish for most folks. I have to go by it now, too many rocks for my unstable left leg. It used to be one of my favorite places. Caught some good fish there as I know you have too. Sorry we missed you. fishinwrench 1
fishinwrench Posted December 5, 2020 Posted December 5, 2020 44 minutes ago, laker67 said: High bank is great for holdovers, it's not that easy to fish for most folks. Yeah, since the felt ban took effect it's a great place to bust or bruise your tailbone, break a rod, and fill your waders. I've wallowed around in the snotty boulders more than a few times. 😅 laker67 1
tjm Posted December 5, 2020 Posted December 5, 2020 banish the ban, snot is native and nothing they can do about it
fishinwrench Posted December 5, 2020 Posted December 5, 2020 10 hours ago, tjm said: banish the ban, snot is native and nothing they can do about it You can thank your fisheries biologists for that one. 🙄 snagged in outlet 3 1
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