10-03-2010, 01:01 AM
My brother wanted to fish a river, and had stuck to his guns that we hit Cottonwood, as he used to go with a friend and do real well.
So off we went. The water was a bit low in a lot of places, but a few spots have been dammed up a bit, causing little pools/ponds. One such is right off the road.
We ventured into the underbrush and followed the river for quite a ways, and we just got welts to show from it.
We finally decided to head back to the car, and possibly head up a little farther, or just go to Silverlake. Well we noticed the pool by the car was a little more active than it was when we first arrived in the morning. So we decided to give it a shot. Well my brother still got skunked (he was just having a bad day, ended up popping his reel off into the water) but I got a decent sized brookie.
I didn't have a camera with me, and left my phone back at the car so I didn't get a pic.
I caught the slimer in the lip. It was healthy and jumped out of the water a few times. Was a fun fight.
I will enjoy eating my fallen foe
Overall it was a decent outing for me. But I'd say stick close to the pool near the road if you're not feeling so adventurous.
Oh, and I was using Salmon Eggs. My brother was using crawlers and got some nipples, but nothing fruitful. I caught 1 slimer, and narrowly missed 4 others (one, quite big, promptly spit the hook at me)
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So off we went. The water was a bit low in a lot of places, but a few spots have been dammed up a bit, causing little pools/ponds. One such is right off the road.
We ventured into the underbrush and followed the river for quite a ways, and we just got welts to show from it.
We finally decided to head back to the car, and possibly head up a little farther, or just go to Silverlake. Well we noticed the pool by the car was a little more active than it was when we first arrived in the morning. So we decided to give it a shot. Well my brother still got skunked (he was just having a bad day, ended up popping his reel off into the water) but I got a decent sized brookie.
I didn't have a camera with me, and left my phone back at the car so I didn't get a pic.
I caught the slimer in the lip. It was healthy and jumped out of the water a few times. Was a fun fight.
I will enjoy eating my fallen foe
Overall it was a decent outing for me. But I'd say stick close to the pool near the road if you're not feeling so adventurous.
Oh, and I was using Salmon Eggs. My brother was using crawlers and got some nipples, but nothing fruitful. I caught 1 slimer, and narrowly missed 4 others (one, quite big, promptly spit the hook at me)
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