cold water and an Idiot

[idahoron]

Well my luck has changed so far this spring I was skunked in my tube and toon. I went Friday 5-6-11 to Dog creek. I am pre fishing it for a F&G study I plan to help with. We will be tagging cats there for a harvest study. Our local Biologist has asked me to help on the project. So I have fished it three times so far this spring. The water has been very cold like every where else. Friday it was 56 degrees at 8:00 am and got up to 57 by noon. The weather forecast was 20+ MPH wind in the afternoon. I started to drag a big chunk of cut bait and I had a worm on a bobber. I started off by catching a 19" trout on the bobber rig. About an hour later I got another trout about 15" and took off the bobber and drug it on the bottom to keep from catching the trout. I then put on a small worm hook on the Ultra light and cut the trout smaller. I hooked up with a nice little cat. I don't keep the cats there since I think they get POUNDED by everyone else. The wind came up and the water got rough so I called it a day.
A F&G maintenance man was there working on the dam. He saw a guy burn out in the parking lot spraying my truck with rocks so he pulled him over. He ran off on foot and the Gooding sheriff came to look for him. I saw him jog over the hill but he didn't have a rod so I didn't know at that time what he was doing. When I got back to the truck that was when I found out what was going on. They were still in man hunt mode when I got to the truck.
I wish people would respect our public lands and fishing areas. Ron


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[2dogs]

The guy must have been a real brain surgeon eh, thinking he can run off and leave his vehicle there and they couldn't track him down--unless it was stolen , hmmm. Makes you wonder what happens with our rigs when no one is around to watch out for them. What a knob. At least you got the skunk off your boat. Fished Dog Creek at night in summertime and caught cats up to 5lbs 2 years ago but like you say I don't think there is much catch and release going on there anymore.
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[mrindicator]

I had the same thing happen to me back in South Dakota. I was down fishing the Sioux River. I was parked on the side of a gravel road. While I was fishing I heard someone peel out on the gravel. When I got back to my car, my back window was completely shattered. Luckily my friend was an auto body man so he took me to the junk yard and we cut out a replacement window. I paid for the caulk and he had the tools to replace it for me.

Something else that really t'd me off this week. My Daughter and I stopped by Crane Falls Lake to see what it looked like. We checked out a nice little camping spot and there was dirty toilet paper all over and a fire was still burning.
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[FISHID4LIFE]

I heard they've got some tiger muskie in Dog Creek. You ever see anybody catching them there?
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[idahoron]

No I haven't. I would be shocked if any are still there. Ron
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