10-31-2005, 03:26 PM
Last year I caught several in the 5 lb range. This year was rough. Alot of 2-3 pounders and only a couple 4-5's.
Jordanelle was pretty darn consistant this year with the 2-3 pounders which isn't bad but I hit Jordanelle so much this year and really was surprised by the lack of monsters that were biting this year.
Then again the year has been wierd for all the fisheries. Some fish spawned early, some spawned late, some didn't spawn at all. Alot of factors are at play this year with the high water and different water temps and conditions from previous years.
Maybe the big ones had so much of a pick as for feeding that they keyed in on one particular food source (chub minnows, perch minnows, etc) or are smartening up? Doubtful but it was odd to see so few big ones caught this year.
Let's hope we see some levelling out and normal fish patterns next year.
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Jordanelle was pretty darn consistant this year with the 2-3 pounders which isn't bad but I hit Jordanelle so much this year and really was surprised by the lack of monsters that were biting this year.
Then again the year has been wierd for all the fisheries. Some fish spawned early, some spawned late, some didn't spawn at all. Alot of factors are at play this year with the high water and different water temps and conditions from previous years.
Maybe the big ones had so much of a pick as for feeding that they keyed in on one particular food source (chub minnows, perch minnows, etc) or are smartening up? Doubtful but it was odd to see so few big ones caught this year.
Let's hope we see some levelling out and normal fish patterns next year.
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