Low Water Blues

On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:52:14 -0700, rw wrote:

ray wrote:


I'm planning on fishing in Yellowstone Park in October - specifically, the
Bechler area - extreme south west corner. The season in Yellowstone ends
the first weekend in November. FWIW there are a number of streams open all
year in Idaho - one such stretch is Portneuf river between Lava Hot
Springs and American Falls.

I've fished the Bechler. It's pretty cool -- a classic meadow stream
with very large and VERY spooky fish. Try downstream presentations with
hoppers and other terrestrials. I'd wait (and wait and wait) for a fish
to reveal itself with a rise before even trying a presentation. This is
the right time of the year -- earlier, it's lousy with mosquitoes.

You can go below the falls and catch lots of small fish. The big ones
are above the falls.

Watch out for the bears.

Thanks for the pointers - I appreciate it. It will be my first time
fishing in that area - we did stop bye earlier in the year on a 'day
trip'. I'm also quite new to fly fishing, so we'll see what happens.

Russell D. wrote:
Ken Fortenberry wrote:
Who knows where the good trout fishing is gonna be happenin' next
week ? (And is willing to post it to roff ;-)

I do. See above TR. Come out I'll take you. Just might cure you of your
Utahphobia.

Russell

Really.

Thanks for the invite, and thanks to all for the suggestions,
(except Louie who has inexplicably kicked me out of the Peter
Charles Suite and into the garage, Bite Me Louie ;-), but I'm
gonna stick around here in the Midwest.

I'm down to three choices, Boulder Junction sans trout, the
Ausable Holy Waters sans dry flies or a float trip down the
Wisconsin River from Spring Green to the Mississip' sans any
sort of good fly fishing at all.

Could be worse.

--
Ken Fortenberry

"Ken Fortenberry" wrote in message
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Russell D. wrote:
Ken Fortenberry wrote:
Who knows where the good trout fishing is gonna be happenin' next
week ? (And is willing to post it to roff ;-)

Thanks for the invite, and thanks to all for the suggestions,
(except Louie who has inexplicably kicked me out of the Peter
Charles Suite and into the garage, Bite Me Louie ;-), but I'm
gonna stick around here in the Midwest.

I'm down to three choices, Boulder Junction sans trout, the
Ausable Holy Waters sans dry flies or a float trip down the
Wisconsin River from Spring Green to the Mississip' sans any
sort of good fly fishing at all.

Could be worse.

--
Ken Fortenberry

Ken, Lots of good small mouth action on the wisconsin right now.. Been
having a blast with them

Rick

On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 20:34:15 GMT, Ken Fortenberry
wrote:

Here's the Fishing Report from the fly shop in Boulder Junction, WI:
================================================= =====================
Trout

Inland Trout season ends Saturday September 30th, but low water levels
have hurt our trout populations and it is best for the survival of the
resource to cease all your trout fishing for the season!
================================================= =====================

Damn the luck. Now what ?

I still plan to leave Urbana this Sunday and go fishing for a week
or two *somewhere*, the question now is where.

The Boulder Junction/Sylvania/Watersmeet area is nice because you
can fish for trout, musky, pike and smallies all in the same area.
I guess I could go up there and fish for musky, pike and smallies
but I'm thinkin' I'm gonna punt and go somewhere where I can wade
in a trout stream.

Who knows where the good trout fishing is gonna be happenin' next
week ? (And is willing to post it to roff ;-)

Well, I think that the owner of said shop, while a good musky
fisherman, is full of it.

The southern part of the State has too much water right now, if
anything. And while there are some streams in the NE that are very low
the fact is that if you were to go to the Western part of the State
you'd find good water levels. The spring ponds are in good shape. The
Bois Brule has plenty of water right now. Even up here on the Prairie
you would find low water but not dangerously low. The water temps are
very good right now too.

Except for a few streams in the far NE I think you can safely ignore
him. I will.


g.c.

"Frank Reid" wrote in message
ups.com...
Ozarks. Reports look good all over the place. Gonna be there
tomorrow with our resident gear whore.
Frank Reid

accident reports will be posted when?g
Good luck to both of you!

At least I found a hat that floats:
http://www.collegegear.com/sf/stores/1044/p-5898.shtml
Frank Reid

One hopes that one need not point out the fundamental problem with a
floating hat.

Wolfgang
lifelong committed mouth breather.

On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 03:15:16 GMT, Ken Fortenberry
wrote:

Could be worse.

The garage starting to sound good, eh?

d;o)

George Cleveland wrote:
Ken Fortenberry wrote:
Here's the Fishing Report from the fly shop in Boulder Junction, WI:
================================================== ====================
Trout

Inland Trout season ends Saturday September 30th, but low water levels
have hurt our trout populations and it is best for the survival of the
resource to cease all your trout fishing for the season!
================================================== ====================

Damn the luck. Now what ? ...

Well, I think that the owner of said shop, while a good musky
fisherman, is full of it.

The southern part of the State has too much water right now, if
anything. And while there are some streams in the NE that are very low
the fact is that if you were to go to the Western part of the State
you'd find good water levels. The spring ponds are in good shape. The
Bois Brule has plenty of water right now. Even up here on the Prairie
you would find low water but not dangerously low. The water temps are
very good right now too.

Except for a few streams in the far NE I think you can safely ignore
him. I will.

The far NE part of Wisconsin and the SW part of the UP
are the trout waters he's talking about in his Fishing
Reports, he doesn't intend his Fishing Reports to apply
statewide. And like most people who make their living
in the fishing business he *is* full of it, ;-) but I
do trust his Fishing Reports.

--
Ken Fortenberry

On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 13:34:12 GMT, Ken Fortenberry
wrote:

George Cleveland wrote:
Ken Fortenberry wrote:
Here's the Fishing Report from the fly shop in Boulder Junction, WI:
================================================== ====================
Trout

Inland Trout season ends Saturday September 30th, but low water levels
have hurt our trout populations and it is best for the survival of the
resource to cease all your trout fishing for the season!
================================================== ====================

Damn the luck. Now what ? ...

Well, I think that the owner of said shop, while a good musky
fisherman, is full of it.

The southern part of the State has too much water right now, if
anything. And while there are some streams in the NE that are very low
the fact is that if you were to go to the Western part of the State
you'd find good water levels. The spring ponds are in good shape. The
Bois Brule has plenty of water right now. Even up here on the Prairie
you would find low water but not dangerously low. The water temps are
very good right now too.

Except for a few streams in the far NE I think you can safely ignore
him. I will.

The far NE part of Wisconsin and the SW part of the UP
are the trout waters he's talking about in his Fishing
Reports, he doesn't intend his Fishing Reports to apply
statewide. And like most people who make their living
in the fishing business he *is* full of it, ;-) but I
do trust his Fishing Reports.


Have some friends who fished the UP near Watersmeet last weekend.
Water was a little low but, again, not low to the point where fish
would die from it. They fished the well known streams that most people
fish and did well.

Also last weekend I took my 9 year old for a bike ride on a State
trail that crosses a stream about 20 miles from Sherer's place.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2.../IMG_1071a.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2.../IMG_1072a.jpg

That particular stream looked fine. I'd take his pronouncements with a
grain of salt. In the past he has tended towards alarmism in regards
to trout streams.

Just my opinion though.


g.c.

George Cleveland wrote:
On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 13:34:12 GMT, Ken Fortenberry
wrote:

George Cleveland wrote:
Ken Fortenberry wrote:
Here's the Fishing Report from the fly shop in Boulder Junction, WI:
================================================== ====================
Trout

Inland Trout season ends Saturday September 30th, but low water levels
have hurt our trout populations and it is best for the survival of the
resource to cease all your trout fishing for the season!
================================================== ====================

Damn the luck. Now what ? ...
Well, I think that the owner of said shop, while a good musky
fisherman, is full of it.

The southern part of the State has too much water right now, if
anything. And while there are some streams in the NE that are very low
the fact is that if you were to go to the Western part of the State
you'd find good water levels. The spring ponds are in good shape. The
Bois Brule has plenty of water right now. Even up here on the Prairie
you would find low water but not dangerously low. The water temps are
very good right now too.

Except for a few streams in the far NE I think you can safely ignore
him. I will.
The far NE part of Wisconsin and the SW part of the UP
are the trout waters he's talking about in his Fishing
Reports, he doesn't intend his Fishing Reports to apply
statewide. And like most people who make their living
in the fishing business he *is* full of it, ;-) but I
do trust his Fishing Reports.


Have some friends who fished the UP near Watersmeet last weekend.
Water was a little low but, again, not low to the point where fish
would die from it. They fished the well known streams that most people
fish and did well.

Also last weekend I took my 9 year old for a bike ride on a State
trail that crosses a stream about 20 miles from Sherer's place.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2.../IMG_1071a.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2.../IMG_1072a.jpg

That particular stream looked fine. I'd take his pronouncements with a
grain of salt. In the past he has tended towards alarmism in regards
to trout streams.

Just my opinion though.

If you think he's an alarmist about trout streams tell him
the first time you catch a 50" musky on a fly rod you're
gonna have it mounted. Be sure you've reviewed the chapter
on apoplexy in your First Aid book. ;-)

I'm starting to think that if the water temps are cool enough
I might go ahead and fish the trout streams up there anyway.
The water was extremely low in the Grand Marais area this year
but the water temps were fine and I fished for a week without
killing a fish that I know of. Low water concentrates the fish
making them easier to catch, but if you fish areas that don't
see a lot of fishing pressure low water shouldn't matter so
much. That's my theory anyway and since I can't find a Wisconsin
River shuttle after Labor Day (you don't know of one, do you ?)
I'm starting to lean towards going up there come hell or low water.

Nice stream shots, btw.

--
Ken Fortenberry