45 minutes 1-11-24

[tjm]

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.

[snagged in outlet 3]

Nice!   Is that your first trip report with a picture?

[tjm]

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]

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]

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]

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. 

[Quillback]

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]

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]

Best guess on water temp?

[tjm]

@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.