05-31-2005, 04:15 PM
Brian,
There were officially 250 boats on the lake at 10 a.m. which means there were about 1000 anglers.
Hopefully those hybrids were released - they will be 3 to 5 pounds heavier by fall. This is why in the fall we sometime (last year) got three over 20 pounds. One was released this weekend that was 28 inches, 20 inch girth.
We had a slow day fly fishing on Saturday - our fault - we got there too late. Monday we fought the wind but got 16 fish in two hours. On flies we did not get any under 15 inches.
Fly fishing will start producing big time in about two weeks.
Fish and Game report that about 1 out of every 18 fish were brook trout. They are also reporting that this was the best opener for large fish that they have heard about. I believe that the numbers are still down, but increasing. Five years ago, my son-in-law and I landed 299 fish in two days of fishing. We were trolling flies. In six hours this year we had 31 hookups. We hooked some very large fish but most of them escaped the boat by making long runs and active jumps. Looking forward to this weekend when I will fish Thursday evening and Friday morning with my 7 year old grandson. I will seatbelt him into the seat while we troll flies.
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There were officially 250 boats on the lake at 10 a.m. which means there were about 1000 anglers.
Hopefully those hybrids were released - they will be 3 to 5 pounds heavier by fall. This is why in the fall we sometime (last year) got three over 20 pounds. One was released this weekend that was 28 inches, 20 inch girth.
We had a slow day fly fishing on Saturday - our fault - we got there too late. Monday we fought the wind but got 16 fish in two hours. On flies we did not get any under 15 inches.
Fly fishing will start producing big time in about two weeks.
Fish and Game report that about 1 out of every 18 fish were brook trout. They are also reporting that this was the best opener for large fish that they have heard about. I believe that the numbers are still down, but increasing. Five years ago, my son-in-law and I landed 299 fish in two days of fishing. We were trolling flies. In six hours this year we had 31 hookups. We hooked some very large fish but most of them escaped the boat by making long runs and active jumps. Looking forward to this weekend when I will fish Thursday evening and Friday morning with my 7 year old grandson. I will seatbelt him into the seat while we troll flies.
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