02-03-2018, 01:50 AM
A buddy and I fished Pali
e Reservoir today in our tubes from 10:00 until 2:30. The ice is completely gone from the reservoir and it is about 60% full.
We used both medium and fast sinking lines with size 6 bead head leeches and woolly buggers. The best fishing was in 8' - 12' FOW. The visibility in the water is only about 3' but that didn't seem to slow down the fishing. We caught a mix of tigers, rainbows, and one cutthroat. All of the fish were between 11" and 17" long with most of them in the 12" - 13" category.
The DWR fishing report mentioned that they stocked some 22" rainbows on January 25th but we didn't run into any of them. We did hook some larger fish but none of them were on long enough to see what they were.
It's hard to believe that on the 2nd of February there was no ice or even any snow on the ground here. I haven't fished here in five years so it was fun to check it out again.
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e Reservoir today in our tubes from 10:00 until 2:30. The ice is completely gone from the reservoir and it is about 60% full.We used both medium and fast sinking lines with size 6 bead head leeches and woolly buggers. The best fishing was in 8' - 12' FOW. The visibility in the water is only about 3' but that didn't seem to slow down the fishing. We caught a mix of tigers, rainbows, and one cutthroat. All of the fish were between 11" and 17" long with most of them in the 12" - 13" category.
The DWR fishing report mentioned that they stocked some 22" rainbows on January 25th but we didn't run into any of them. We did hook some larger fish but none of them were on long enough to see what they were.
It's hard to believe that on the 2nd of February there was no ice or even any snow on the ground here. I haven't fished here in five years so it was fun to check it out again.
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