On Thu, 01 Oct 2009 10:17:04 -0500, Ken Fortenberry
wrote:

George Cleveland wrote:
Yesterday was the last day of the Wisconsin inland stream trout
season. ...
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And that was it.

Another season left behind me.

Nice. Thanks for sharing, George.

You can still get some fishing in if you want to fish
the Bois Brule up in Douglas County.

I'm getting ready to go fall steelheading and I thought
I'd do the same old, Manistee/Pere Marquette/Muskegon
thing on the Lake Michigan streams. I got to thinking
that when my wife retires and we move on from Urbana
the Michigan streams are going to be too far away. So
I started looking at the Bois Brule. And then I thought,
hell, if that's where I'm going to be doing my fall
steelheading in a couple of years why don't I start
going up there now instead of waiting for the move ?

I'm still mulling it over. Change does not come easy to
geezers and learning a whole new river seems daunting,
not to mention fishless ;-), but we'll see. I may just
pull a changeup this year.

Have you ever fished up there for steelhead ?


Yes I have gone up there. No fish yet, though. If you already have
experience you might do better than me, of course, but its like muskie
fishing. You've got to put in the time to learn the ropes and the
stream before you start collecting fish on the end of your line. (Or
at least thats what I've been told. Maybe the advise came from folks
who didn't want to hurt my feelings by telling me the truth... that I
suck at fishing.)

Anyway, watch the weather. Stream levels are down and there are just a
few fish in the feeders. It usually picks up in late October. Rain
would help. A lot.


I'll still be fishing. Just not for stream trout. I overlined my 10wt
with a Teeny 11wt line (it castys like I tied on a half ounce sinker
to my tippet) and I'm interested to see if I can get my pike flies
farther out than 40 feet. I may fish for smallies yet. But they
generally quit hitting topwater stuff, which is my passion, and so,
again, I may not. I may even fish for trout. Some of the stocked lakes
stay open all year and I have a friend who swears by the ladybug/Asian
beetle "hatch". That usually takes place in late October, so I may
strap the canoe onto the station wagon in a few weeks and catch some
stockers.

The sad truth is, after the stream trout season ends, fishing becomes
a diversion not a focus in my life. Maybe I'll start running and get
in shape for skiing.

Geo. C.