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General Outdoors => <*}}}>< Fishing => Topic started by: scottm2012 on March 22, 2014, 01:07:21 PM
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Who's gearing up for this years trout season? I definitely am, while I wait for the ice and snow to melt, I've made up some brass spinners for this season (pictured below ~ 2" 1/16 oz). Rods and reels restrung. My trigger finger slowly turning into a casting finger.
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They look good bud! I'm still in shooting mode but this trout season I'm going to focus more on getting the boys out on the creek banks, they are more excited than ever to start.
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;) ;) ;) Guess I need to make up some ΒΌ sticks, better know as fishin made easy :o :o :o :o
Ground is still cold and the worms aren't up to digging level yet....but soon :-\ :-\ :-\ I be likin the black headed worms :o :o :o not crawlers >:( >:( >:( Crawlers be for bassin.. :P :P :P
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:D :D :D Ahhhh man can you hear them jumpin and floppin??? Yep it be the fishermen slippin and slidin on the stream banks and fallin in!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Good luck to those lucky enough to live near the early season streams. We're under a winter storm warning for tomorrow. I wonder if mother nature knows its spring?
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:) :) Anyone worried about the stocked trout not being scattered ??? ??? ??? has no worries now ??? ??? the streams are all way up and muddy as can be :o :o :o Feeshin will not be very good for several days :-\ :-\ That's today's trout season report and I'm sticken to it!! 8) 8) 8) 8)
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The fishing wasn't that good yesterday. The boys had a blast and caught a couple so fishing in the rain was worth it.
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;) ;) ;) Glad to hear the kids had fun...that's all that matters ;D ;D ;D
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:o :o :o Streams looked empty today but the water level was high :P :P :P water wasn't as cloudy as yesterday ;) ;) ;)
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Scott, want to sell some of those spinners? Let me know. I would like six of each spoon style.
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Those are nice lookin baits. Before I got into fly fishing I use to do well on a Swiss swing, kinda similar design.
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Yeah, they are kinda like CP swings also, but they are hard to find so small. Also they were just brass. I am selling if any would like some.
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One and a wake-up. Hitting the Genesee and possibly Pine Creek. Will post some pics if the gettins good. Our streams are still a bit cold so I don't think the action will be all that, keeping my fingers crossed. At least it won't be raining or snowing (knock on wood).
If anyone else has any luck be sure to post some of your pics also.
Here is some from last year just to get the juices flowing.
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Well it started off as a cold morning, just above freezing as we left the warmth of our house. The daughter and I made our way to a section of river that produced well for me last year just as the sun was coming up. I was glad to see that this section of the Genesee river was pretty much ours, not another soul in sight, maybe the cold weather kept them inside till the sun came up.
The river temp was hovering about 45 degrees, the mild showers we had yesterday probably helped to some degree. Because of the cool weather I thought we would have a slow start but what we experienced was worse than what I expected. My daughter had one on line but not to hand about an thirty minutes into our foray of my honey hole. I was striking out. This wasn't going well and I though my daughter would lose interest.
About an hour and half into our fishing I decided to move upstream and we would cast into some holes I knew existed but never produced fish. I moved from my homemade spinner to one of my goto Joe's flies. My daughter was fishing Trout Magnets. We came to one section of the river that spread out into a calm pool which never produced fish me, never.
My first cast was struck as the lure hit the water and produced a good size brook trout. I was surprised as all get out that this hole now had fish in it. My daughter cast into the pool and she too had a fish on as soon as her pink magnet hit the water. I decided to leave my pole out of this pool and let my daughter fish it. Between her and I we had about a dozen fish to hand and released, all brookies, about half a dozen never made it to hand. About an hour into the fishing we decided to keep at least four of the largest we caught. It ended up being a good morning as the late comers began moving into our fishing hole. We decided to call it a morning and head home for lunch. The daughter ended up enjoying the fishing, though her casting could use some improvement.
We forgot to bring the camera with us so we ended up taking pics at home.
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Good job Scott!
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;) ;) ;) Good job Scott :o :o I hope you are saving the innerds and heads in a glass jar that sits in the sun for coon bait for next season ??? ??? just a little water and keep adding to it all summer ::) ::) ::) it gets ripe so put a piece of glass on top held down by a brick.....good stuff!! 8) 8) 8) Caution: Don't break the jar!! your neighbors for miles around will not like you!!! :P :P :P :P
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18" Brookie, caught this morning.
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Nice fish bud!
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;) ;) ;) Sure would be fine for breakfast, all battered and fried :o :o :o :o
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;) ;) ;) Sure would be fine for breakfast, all battered and fried :o :o :o :o
Caught and released to survive another day.