11-07-2010, 04:29 AM
I hit Deep Creek for a few hours in my tube on Thursday afternoon. It was a beautiful day, but I have to say I was pretty disappointed by the dirt bags taking sacks of fish out of there. They had some pretty nice ones, and I heard them mention a cutthroat too. Unfortunately my phone wouldn't get reception, so I wasn't able to call them in. Well, on to the fishing.
Water was 51, which was warmer than expected. I started getting hits in 18' of water right off the bat, but I kept missing them. I finally hooked one and it was just a little 12" bow. I began to move to shallower, weedier water and hooked into a nice one.[inline "bow small.JPG"] That ended up being the best of the day I think. I fished all across the bay and had hits from 13 to 3', but most came in 7-13'. I fished a double rig with a purple mohair leech and a black/peacock crystal bugger. Both produced pretty well,[inline "bow 6 small.JPG"][inline "bow 5 small.JPG"][inline "bow 4 small.JPG"][inline "bow 3 small.JPG"][inline "bow 2 small.JPG"] but I missed more than I hooked. I ended up with 12 bows, and one cutthroat.[inline "cutt small.JPG"] That was a first for me at Deep Creek. I kept a few small to medium fish for dinner and packed up just before dark. I have to say, I was a little disappointed by the fight of the fish. Usually the Kamloops I catch in Idaho fight like crazy, but these felt like any other trout. Still fun, just not as crazy as usual. It looks like that may be about my last trip of the year as the forecast looks pretty nasty. Oh well, it was a good season.
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Water was 51, which was warmer than expected. I started getting hits in 18' of water right off the bat, but I kept missing them. I finally hooked one and it was just a little 12" bow. I began to move to shallower, weedier water and hooked into a nice one.[inline "bow small.JPG"] That ended up being the best of the day I think. I fished all across the bay and had hits from 13 to 3', but most came in 7-13'. I fished a double rig with a purple mohair leech and a black/peacock crystal bugger. Both produced pretty well,[inline "bow 6 small.JPG"][inline "bow 5 small.JPG"][inline "bow 4 small.JPG"][inline "bow 3 small.JPG"][inline "bow 2 small.JPG"] but I missed more than I hooked. I ended up with 12 bows, and one cutthroat.[inline "cutt small.JPG"] That was a first for me at Deep Creek. I kept a few small to medium fish for dinner and packed up just before dark. I have to say, I was a little disappointed by the fight of the fish. Usually the Kamloops I catch in Idaho fight like crazy, but these felt like any other trout. Still fun, just not as crazy as usual. It looks like that may be about my last trip of the year as the forecast looks pretty nasty. Oh well, it was a good season.
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