08-24-2009, 09:30 PM
Here's the skinny from tippy during the 22 hours I was fishing it .
The salmon showed up on august 6th , shortly thereafter the D.N.R closed off the weir .
The few (very few ) fish that are there are between 15 and 20+ lbs.
I did see one 22" brown taken from the cable area on the Welston side .
Salmon ;the limited numbers that are there hit Glo-bugs and chartreuse streamers with flash did well at night with a few spawn bags getting hammered from time to time .
During daylight rapalas (green and red )did get a few strikes at the coffer spillway topside but all fishing came to a halt around 10 a.m. on sunday , I stayed untill 3 p.m. .
I only seen one salmon landed the entire time I was there , a young lady on the Brethren side had that luck .
A couple catch and release steelhead were caught in the fast water below the dam on either white or red woolly buggers in the early a.m. hours (pre dawn and dawn ).I didn't see any crome in the coffer area .
The Brethren /Welston wars were in full swing with lead slingers casting over anyones line that yelled fish on
The Brethren side had the most lead slinging anglers doing a great deal of fishing damage .
Welston side had it's lead slingers crowding out the bobber and bottom bouncers whenever they could .
While taking a break at the one holer I did spot a older SUV cruising the parking lot and saw the passenger jumping out and looking into vehicles . I yelled at them when they started to rifle threw a pick-up trucks bed and they took off . I did get the license plate and reported it to the state police .
Combat fishing at the dam will continue untill someone gets shot , then maybe the DNR will finally step in and do a few patrolls .
Yep , i'de be interested in hitting the betsie [cool].
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The salmon showed up on august 6th , shortly thereafter the D.N.R closed off the weir .
The few (very few ) fish that are there are between 15 and 20+ lbs.
I did see one 22" brown taken from the cable area on the Welston side .
Salmon ;the limited numbers that are there hit Glo-bugs and chartreuse streamers with flash did well at night with a few spawn bags getting hammered from time to time .
During daylight rapalas (green and red )did get a few strikes at the coffer spillway topside but all fishing came to a halt around 10 a.m. on sunday , I stayed untill 3 p.m. .
I only seen one salmon landed the entire time I was there , a young lady on the Brethren side had that luck .
A couple catch and release steelhead were caught in the fast water below the dam on either white or red woolly buggers in the early a.m. hours (pre dawn and dawn ).I didn't see any crome in the coffer area .
The Brethren /Welston wars were in full swing with lead slingers casting over anyones line that yelled fish on
The Brethren side had the most lead slinging anglers doing a great deal of fishing damage .
Welston side had it's lead slingers crowding out the bobber and bottom bouncers whenever they could .
While taking a break at the one holer I did spot a older SUV cruising the parking lot and saw the passenger jumping out and looking into vehicles . I yelled at them when they started to rifle threw a pick-up trucks bed and they took off . I did get the license plate and reported it to the state police .
Combat fishing at the dam will continue untill someone gets shot , then maybe the DNR will finally step in and do a few patrolls .
Yep , i'de be interested in hitting the betsie [cool].
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