03-01-2022, 08:20 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-01-2022, 08:25 PM by Jig-fisher.)
(03-01-2022, 01:31 PM)Cowboypirate Wrote: I really enjoy playing on the rivers this time of year. I know whitefish have a bad rap, but I can entertain myself for hours with some tiny nymphs and a school of whites. Having a big brown or cut slam it is just icing on the cake.I love catching whitefish too. I rarely take my fly rod anymore so I haven't targeted them for a while.
No whiskers on the Mallad? Its a bit early but they do seem to start early in that water. I think our first cat last year was a feb mallad cat. Pretty small but started the year off
No kitties yesterday. The bite was light on the sucker and one of the carp, but the bigger 2 carp would have taken my pole for a ride if I wouldn't have been paying attention. I only used very small pieces of crawler, using up just one crawler broke into 5 pieces, just enough to cover the hook.
(03-01-2022, 02:34 PM)SkunkedAgain Wrote: Nice job Paul, that was a great day.... I can't believe you had that many carp and suckers biting this time of year... they are usually pretty slow to start biting... I noticed the ice was starting to clear from the Bear River here in Benson yesterday... Crazy how fast it changes, it was 8" of ice not long ago and it's been really cold for the last week, yet one day of 45 degrees and it starts to bust up and clear out... Just seems crazy to me how fast it can change... By the end of the week it will probably be open clear to the reservoir... Guess I need to start a post about the cat contest seems it's about two weeks out to the start... congrats on a great day out... Later JSurprised me too. I was hoping for a sucker, but was just trying to enjoy the weather more than anything. I kept being interrupted by those fish biting...ha ha. What a good problem to have. I'm hoping tye cats will play those year. My favorite location had a total fish kill last year due to the low water. Hopefully I can find some in other stretches of the river.