08-06-2018, 07:13 PM
[quote Joe_Dizzy][quote brookieguy1]
Sounds fun, except for the lack of rainbows.
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Do you guys think it's just a matter of tactics regarding the (lack of) mixed bag rainbows/cutts?
The Cutts in Strawberry are much more baitfish-oriented, especially as they get larger. Rainbows however will have an insect-heavy diet their entire lives... which usually keeps them more shallow-water oriented.
I mention this because I fly fish at the Berry a couples times a year (spring and fall) and I'm usually hitting about 70/30 mix of cutts to rainbows (60/40 prior to this year).[/quote]
I think that this is a big part of it, but Rainbows do start to switch over to baitfish once they get about 16" or so, so that is only part of the answer. Some of the biggest crawfish I have ever retrieved from a fish stomach were from big Rainbows, not smallmouth bass, not largemouth bass, not walleye, and not cuts, but Rainbows. With Strawberry so filled with Crawfish, that may explain the imbalance in caught slot buster cuts to bows.
I have had a far greater ratio of slot buster Cuts then Bows then you, so ....... I have some to learn in that matter.
Sounds fun, except for the lack of rainbows.
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Do you guys think it's just a matter of tactics regarding the (lack of) mixed bag rainbows/cutts?
The Cutts in Strawberry are much more baitfish-oriented, especially as they get larger. Rainbows however will have an insect-heavy diet their entire lives... which usually keeps them more shallow-water oriented.
I mention this because I fly fish at the Berry a couples times a year (spring and fall) and I'm usually hitting about 70/30 mix of cutts to rainbows (60/40 prior to this year).[/quote]
I think that this is a big part of it, but Rainbows do start to switch over to baitfish once they get about 16" or so, so that is only part of the answer. Some of the biggest crawfish I have ever retrieved from a fish stomach were from big Rainbows, not smallmouth bass, not largemouth bass, not walleye, and not cuts, but Rainbows. With Strawberry so filled with Crawfish, that may explain the imbalance in caught slot buster cuts to bows.
I have had a far greater ratio of slot buster Cuts then Bows then you, so ....... I have some to learn in that matter.