wild trout adventure
 

sorry...unsuccessful adventure....i should have added that to the title.

but a wild trout adventure none the less...

water was super murky with i'd say average flow for the area but water level was down a good amount. With no bait or scent allowed in the area i tried a little plastic lure under a bobber. Right at my point of entry i found a good pool, got one hit but never hooked up on it. I couldn't get another hit there so i just started my trek down stream. found some little pools but nothing as good as the first spot and no bites so i headed back.

switched lures to a little mini jerk bait and finally started catching...creek chubs or shiners whatever they are...oh well i'm counting that as not a skunk! haha

Wednesday i'll head to the other side of the damn and hit what appears to be some deeper water...if there are truly wild trout in this river/stream (and i'm not so sure there are) I will find them...mark my words!

Re: wild trout adventure
 

That's a poor man trout! Well, at least you got out.

Re: wild trout adventure
 

Water is still too cold for consistent action. I hit a very good wild trout stream sunday for almost 3 hours using beadhead nymphs and got only a few small brookies. Water was 34F and the snow in the shaded ravines about 6-12" deep. Stiil ice along the edges as well - almost a foot high. Good exercise but little reward for the effort.

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Remember that spot for gathering pike bait next year.creek chubs keep well and pike luv em!

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Working my butt off to cover more sections of this so called wild trout stream...I'm leaning closer and closer to claiming this particular area barren of trout. I caught 41 chub shiners today using a trout magnet, that's right I kept count. No trout. Sadly it was kind of fun for a while haha.

Anyone like to use live chubs for bait? I could fill a bucket in a matter of minutes. How much do they sell for, maybe I could start a new career.

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Years ago fished Dunnfield Creek in February & caught wild browns & native brookies. We backpacked up to the site, keeping a brown and brookie. Boiled in a pot over campfire, water saturated w/butter, best fish I ever recall.