07-25-2015, 11:06 PM
Idea #1. Watch a couple Youtube vids on using a fly and bubble. Then go get and assortment of wet flies from small to medium sizes., some bubbles, and nightcrawlers. Wake up at 5 again and drive up the Mirror Lake Hwy to Crystal Lake trailhead near Trial and Washington Lakes. Take the short, easy, hike to Wall Lake. And the mile hike weeds out the number of people that you'll see at Trial and Washington. The view up there makes it worth it before you even start fishing. Fish with a fly and bubble, and use some nightcrawlers near the rocks if you'd like. I'm thinking this is the closest thing to a sure thing you can get. This is the best idea, I think. Especially since you can stop at Dick's for a shake on the way home!
Idea #2. Blue gill at any of the local ponds is almost a sure thing, too. Lately, I've gone to the pond at Daybreak, because they have a great plalyground just yards from the fishing, so my kids can play while I fish. Using a nightcrawler under a bobber and you can get as many bluegill as you want. Make sure you use a small hook, those BG have small mouths. Using a hotdog in the same place and you'll most like hook into some catfish. We simply fish off or near the little fishing piers. You may not fish on the two piers that surround the "beach", FYI.
Idea #3. Multiple people have told me (publicly on this forum) if I want a guaranteed brown trout, go to the small park behind the dam and Rockport (Wanship exit) and fish the Weber just past the spillway. So I finally did that. And I caught two beautiful browns. I did have to wade into the water up to knees to get close enough the the main current. I tossed a double fly rig, with two bb shot sinkers and let it bounce along the bottom. Caught them both at the end of the 'run'. Buddy I was with caught two nice ones just a few feet from me.
There is a recent thread on here about someone having great success at Cottonwood Creek, and another about Millcreek. Those are practically in your backyard. Don't think you need a flyrod/reel to fish there; you can set up a spinning rod in a similar fashion.
Good luck and have fun. Enjoy the time with your wife. Fish is a bonus!
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Idea #2. Blue gill at any of the local ponds is almost a sure thing, too. Lately, I've gone to the pond at Daybreak, because they have a great plalyground just yards from the fishing, so my kids can play while I fish. Using a nightcrawler under a bobber and you can get as many bluegill as you want. Make sure you use a small hook, those BG have small mouths. Using a hotdog in the same place and you'll most like hook into some catfish. We simply fish off or near the little fishing piers. You may not fish on the two piers that surround the "beach", FYI.
Idea #3. Multiple people have told me (publicly on this forum) if I want a guaranteed brown trout, go to the small park behind the dam and Rockport (Wanship exit) and fish the Weber just past the spillway. So I finally did that. And I caught two beautiful browns. I did have to wade into the water up to knees to get close enough the the main current. I tossed a double fly rig, with two bb shot sinkers and let it bounce along the bottom. Caught them both at the end of the 'run'. Buddy I was with caught two nice ones just a few feet from me.
There is a recent thread on here about someone having great success at Cottonwood Creek, and another about Millcreek. Those are practically in your backyard. Don't think you need a flyrod/reel to fish there; you can set up a spinning rod in a similar fashion.
Good luck and have fun. Enjoy the time with your wife. Fish is a bonus!
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