01-02-2012, 05:29 PM
[cool][#0000ff]You are right. Not many "brown baggers" seen on Deer Creek any more. Part of it is because there are apparently fewer browns in the mix. And part of it is as you say...different tactics and techniques involved to get serious.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Just like Starvation and the Gorge...two other waters known for holding decent browns...a big part of finding and catching the browns in Deer Creek is timing. The bigguns feed mostly at night. But late evening and early morning can work, especially early and late in the year when water temps are lower. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]During the rest of the year I tell people to fish browns and rainbows completely differently. The rainbows are usually in shallower water and in the upper part of the water column. Browns are more like walleyes...near the bottom in deeper water.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I know a couple of guys that do well by trolling big Rapalas deep on downriggers...discovering the techique by accident while fishing for rainbows. I also know a couple of guys that catch some good browns on big swimbaits...bottom bouncing for walleyes. Also some folks that catch browns on bubble and fly rigs...with big buggers...fishing parallel to steep rocky shorelines after dark. And at least one person I know uses leadcore to troll big nasty streamer flies near the bottom in a couple of spots. Loses some gear but catches more browns than folks who don't fish for them the right ways.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I got lots of pictures from the "olden days" but I lost the one you are referring to when my computer puked a couple of years back. One of the things I didn't have properly backed up. [/#0000ff]
[#0000ff]But, here is a pic with memories...Greg Jonas and a hefty brown caught just off the end of the island on one of my old "perch urchins". [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Just like Starvation and the Gorge...two other waters known for holding decent browns...a big part of finding and catching the browns in Deer Creek is timing. The bigguns feed mostly at night. But late evening and early morning can work, especially early and late in the year when water temps are lower. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]During the rest of the year I tell people to fish browns and rainbows completely differently. The rainbows are usually in shallower water and in the upper part of the water column. Browns are more like walleyes...near the bottom in deeper water.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I know a couple of guys that do well by trolling big Rapalas deep on downriggers...discovering the techique by accident while fishing for rainbows. I also know a couple of guys that catch some good browns on big swimbaits...bottom bouncing for walleyes. Also some folks that catch browns on bubble and fly rigs...with big buggers...fishing parallel to steep rocky shorelines after dark. And at least one person I know uses leadcore to troll big nasty streamer flies near the bottom in a couple of spots. Loses some gear but catches more browns than folks who don't fish for them the right ways.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I got lots of pictures from the "olden days" but I lost the one you are referring to when my computer puked a couple of years back. One of the things I didn't have properly backed up. [/#0000ff]
[#0000ff]But, here is a pic with memories...Greg Jonas and a hefty brown caught just off the end of the island on one of my old "perch urchins". [/#0000ff]
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