Headed down tomorrow

[trythisonemv]

21 hours ago, tjm said:

The parr are interesting, has anyone seen redds there? can the trout get up/over the mill dam to the  springs?

Yes and yes. When i first found out about Capps I illegally walked the dam pond by accident.  Saw some big trout in it. I have also seen reads above middle access and down towards shoal creek. 

[trythisonemv]

2 minutes ago, Terrierman said:

Let us know what she thinks of trout please and thank you.

She liked it. I baked in butter and onion ad seasonings. It was really tasty

[tjm]

26 minutes ago, trythisonemv said:

walked th dam pond by accident.  Saw som big trout in it.

MDC  used to stock above the dam (before they owned any of the land) and back then I've seen and caught trout above the pond, (at the time you could park at that bridge) and I saw some trout being stocked in the pond that were scheduled to go elsewhere once too, so depending on when you were first there the trout you saw may have been holdovers from a past stocking.  But I can't recall any means that fish could pass the dam from back then.

Redds in the middle section sounds encouraging, I've been told in the past that some reproduction was happening in that creek, but had never found any evidence of it.