I Love Lost Creek 2/5

[Jig-fisher]

Lost Creek has always been one of my favorite places to fish. I made the trek up this morning with the intent of making the long hike into the back of the reservoir.  Not a very sane thing to do, but my wife and I did well back there in the summer. JArner texted me the evening before and I said he was welcome to come, but I gave him a hearty warning of my intentions. I also threw in a disclaimer that I couldn't guarantee the fishing would be any good.  He still showed up.

Google earth shows it was 1.5 miles one way  to the spot I wanted to fish.  I went further.  Not a smart thing, especially with lots of slush spots back.there.  But snowmobiles had been back there and made some trails that made walking OK, but still brutal.

Weather sucked.  The wind blew hard and the snow was drifting.  Thank goodness for shelters with tie downs.  Fishing was slow at first but a nice 19.5 cutt was the second fish.  A fat 14 inch bow came next.  Then the bruiser came to play.  Just taped a tiny bit short of 23".  About lost it at the hole as the hook popped out.  But I made a two handed grab and pulled it up through the hole.  A big beautiful Cutt with great colors. Who needs to go to the Berry for a slot buster? Got one out of good old Lost Creek today.  I ended up catching about 15 fish total, most below the slot with just a few more bows than cutts.

The hike back was worse than the hike in.  Right into the face of the blizzard.  The blowing snow had covered most of the snowmobile tracks.  That was a looooong hike back.  


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