03-21-2019, 01:23 AM
A couple of us went to Minersville this morning to try and get in some fishing before the Thursday storm rolls in. We launched near the boat ramp around 10:00 and fished mostly the southeast portion of the reservoir until 2:00 when the wind got too bad. The wind was blowing from the southeast when we started so we stayed over where the waves were not too bad.
There were a few other shore anglers when we got there, some fly fishing and some throwing hardware and everyone seemed to be catching some fish. Most of the shore fly fishermen were using indicators and they were doing pretty well. There was one other floater and he was fly fishing with an indicator too.
We used medium sinking line (#3) and crystal buggers in black/orange/pearl and green/pearl on a size 6 hook with a bead head. We picked up twelve fish, all rainbows from 13" to 20" long. We missed another seven fish so it wasn't real fast fishing but after my skunk at Otter Creek on Saturday it felt good to get a few tugs.
The water temperature was 43-44 degrees and the visibility in the water of about 5'. The reservoir level is fairly low but we still fished in water over 25' deep.
I'm sure hoping that lakes and reservoirs closer to home start to thaw out. I hate spending more time driving than I do fishing.[:/]
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There were a few other shore anglers when we got there, some fly fishing and some throwing hardware and everyone seemed to be catching some fish. Most of the shore fly fishermen were using indicators and they were doing pretty well. There was one other floater and he was fly fishing with an indicator too.
We used medium sinking line (#3) and crystal buggers in black/orange/pearl and green/pearl on a size 6 hook with a bead head. We picked up twelve fish, all rainbows from 13" to 20" long. We missed another seven fish so it wasn't real fast fishing but after my skunk at Otter Creek on Saturday it felt good to get a few tugs.
The water temperature was 43-44 degrees and the visibility in the water of about 5'. The reservoir level is fairly low but we still fished in water over 25' deep.
I'm sure hoping that lakes and reservoirs closer to home start to thaw out. I hate spending more time driving than I do fishing.[:/]
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