01-02-2015, 06:41 PM
Actually the fishing was extremely good until July. Most days we were close to a limit with three or four five pounders. Some of those days we would not have a fish under 4 pounds especially early. You are exactlly right about the fish being pulled through. With the dam being finished this spring we will be able to fish below legally without trespassing and I have no problem with the fish being caught in the river. Most of the fish in the south side canal are wasted however. The gate to the canal only needs to be half as deep as it is and it is a terrible waste of fish. They planted all the fish in 2013 at Massacre rocks and we did not have the smaller fish for sure as past years. We caught huge numbers of three to five pounders this year with three in the eight pound range. I am very worried about this years. We caught a 2012 oct planter with a tag last nov. that weighed 3lb. 14oz. that was put in at 9". By May many of those fish were at or close to 5 pounds in eighteen months. The 2013 planters we caught below early this fall were pushing three pounds. I guess I will have to figure out how to post a picture of the multiple 7 or 8 pounders we caught this year
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