03-23-2009, 12:50 AM
First trip of the season after having to postpone for several weeks due to weather. We moved it up a day to miss the bad winds. Trout fishing was good on Haymeadow, my buddy and I caught about 12 to 15 fish each for a half day on friday. The largest to about 17 inches with most being about 14 inches. Caught some on the infamous Atomic Teasers and some on Kastmaters. Not the best trout trip we had but not too bad at all.
On saturday we fished Cold springs for some very early bass fishing action. Not much to speak of with me catching three bass total and my buddy cathing one very very small one. He got bored and went for trout scoring quite a few on Kastmasters. Smaller than we had caught on Haymeadow, looked like very recent planters for the most part.
It was cold as hell at night but to despite that the camp site was quite busy. Used to be mostly fisherman and hunters up there... seems the ATV crowd is takin over. There were ATV's running around all hours of the day and night. Almost had one kid, maybe all of 8 years old, run head on into my truck when we were heading down to the lake... I am not an expert but should a kid that weighs 80 pounds be on a 250 with no helmet and no skills?? Dont get me started on the generators that ran 24/7.
But still a fun trip, hope to return again soon. I think the trout will pick up when the water clears some. Oh and the roads are in fair shape, I would not take a sedan down there but you wont require a 4x4.
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On saturday we fished Cold springs for some very early bass fishing action. Not much to speak of with me catching three bass total and my buddy cathing one very very small one. He got bored and went for trout scoring quite a few on Kastmasters. Smaller than we had caught on Haymeadow, looked like very recent planters for the most part.
It was cold as hell at night but to despite that the camp site was quite busy. Used to be mostly fisherman and hunters up there... seems the ATV crowd is takin over. There were ATV's running around all hours of the day and night. Almost had one kid, maybe all of 8 years old, run head on into my truck when we were heading down to the lake... I am not an expert but should a kid that weighs 80 pounds be on a 250 with no helmet and no skills?? Dont get me started on the generators that ran 24/7.
But still a fun trip, hope to return again soon. I think the trout will pick up when the water clears some. Oh and the roads are in fair shape, I would not take a sedan down there but you wont require a 4x4.
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