tjm Posted January 13 Posted January 13 Had a few windy minutes just before dusk. Caught one, and missed a couple, generic olive nymph, unweighted. Doesn't look to me like it's been stocked at all this fall/winter. I couldn't see many fish in the 1/2 mile walk before I rigged up. Trout had a lot of color that doesn't show in the image. Quillback, Terrierman, BilletHead and 3 others 6
snagged in outlet 3 Posted January 13 Posted January 13 Nice! Is that your first trip report with a picture? tjm 1
tjm Posted January 13 Author Posted January 13 7 minutes ago, snagged in outlet 3 said: Nice! Is that your first trip report with a picture? I don't think so, maybe on this forum; but I don't take pictures often. Just happened that the water there was shallow enough to keep the fish still for a few seconds yet fully covered. I don't often make reports either, mostly because I don't take pictures. I'm at that stream almost every week and fish it fairly regular as we have grand kids in the neighborhood. It doesn't hold a lot of fish but it's easy access for an old fat guy. BilletHead, snagged in outlet 3 and Quillback 3
BilletHead Posted January 13 Posted January 13 1 hour ago, tjm said: I don't think so, maybe on this forum; but I don't take pictures often. Just happened that the water there was shallow enough to keep the fish still for a few seconds yet fully covered. I don't often make reports either, mostly because I don't take pictures. I'm at that stream almost every week and fish it fairly regular as we have grand kids in the neighborhood. It doesn't hold a lot of fish but it's easy access for an old fat guy. Thanks for sharing tjm. Are you going to attend the tri lakes fly fishers deal again this year? If so, let's make sure and get to visit this time. tjm 1 "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
tjm Posted January 13 Author Posted January 13 32 minutes ago, BilletHead said: Are you going to attend the tri lakes fly fishers deal again this year? That will be up to my son, I just went along for the ride those past two years. I wasn't even sure if it would be an every year deal. I spent a lot of time in Clinton as kid, Mom's home town, but man it has changed. BilletHead 1
BilletHead Posted January 13 Posted January 13 13 minutes ago, tjm said: That will be up to my son, I just went along for the ride those past two years. I wasn't even sure if it would be an every year deal. I spent a lot of time in Clinton as kid, Mom's home town, but man it has changed. I spent some time up there also. I worked for Missouri Public service. I was a lineman/ line Forman . Off and on the Clinton crew would need some help on projects, and we would drive up daily from Nevada. Knew some of the guys on the gas crew when Missouri Public service still had that also. I actually started on the Gas and water crew down here. tjm 1 "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
Quillback Posted January 13 Posted January 13 Good measure of skill to get out and catch trout that are few and far between and also have a bit of experience dodging other anglers. tjm 1
tjm Posted January 13 Author Posted January 13 In that park one has to dodge the frisbee golfers more than anything else and of course in summer all the "swimmers". One of the things that make think maybe it hasn't been stocked this fall is the lack of other anglers. It's C&R through the winter months but zero enforcement honor system.
Mitch f Posted January 13 Posted January 13 Best guess on water temp? tjm 1 "Honor is a man's gift to himself" Rob Roy McGregor
tjm Posted January 13 Author Posted January 13 @Mitch f, I didn't give that any thought, at the time, but that's all water from springs within probably 1-5 miles and we have not had any real cold spells so water is likely to be in the high 50s, about ground temperature. It was warm Thursday mid 50ish I think and my hands said the water was just cooler than the air. The creek stays cool enough that there are usually some holdovers through the summer in some spots. Never a lot though because the locals eat them after Mar 1 until Nov 1. I believe the bio told me it gets (or is supposed to get) five stockings per year. So far as I know there is no natural reproduction. Mitch f 1
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