DEAD WATER ???

Walking by water and not paying attention has probably caused many anglers to miss out on great opportunities. While fishing yesterday I heard quite a few fisherman remark "They're fishing dead water" Thank goodness they went around the bend before we hooked up and we countinued to fish in solitude and land fish on a regular basis.  Small blessings come in subtle ways. Oh, one person by himself slid in and we put him on the fish and he had a good morning too.   Dave

Genie, the thing was, if you paid attention, you could see the fish every now and then but you had to look close. I'd much rather fish for them when they can't be seen (sight fishing is not my 1st pleasure). they were all through the area we were in and people walked by us all morning. Just our lucky day I guess.   Dave

ORIGINAL: elephanthead

Walking by water and not paying attention has probably caused many anglers to miss out on great opportunities. While fishing yesterday I heard quite a few fisherman remark "They're fishing dead water" Thank goodness they went around the bend before we hooked up and we countinued to fish in solitude and land fish on a regular basis.  Small blessings come in subtle ways. Oh, one person by himself slid in and we put him on the fish and he had a good morning too.   Dave

 
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If you cant see them they are not there. Keep beleiving that please.

First thing is I almost never sight fish and when I can see fish the one I catch is not the one I see.
Fishing the Salmon River in NY, back in the vert early 80s a friend and I fished a hole that was so packed with kings that the snaggers walked by looking in and moving on saying that we were fishing to no fish. All they saw was the green of their backs and thought it was bottom. Literally hundreds of fish in the hole and they couldn't see them. It is as if they have a Romulan cloaking device (sorry old school star trek ref).

There was a posting earlier this month about a fellow walking the dry stream beds and taking notes on the make up of the runs, chutes, holes, etc. What a perfect year to do this. I learned a lesson last year on Elk, right above rte. 5. The water was perfect, but I was not having any success. Another gentleman was hooking up right in front of me. He knew where the fish were lying. I thought I was pretty good at reading water, but I didn't know too much on that particular day. This year, I took advantage of the extra low conditions to mentally map some of the places that I will expect to catch some fish when the water is up and tinted. As for sight fishing, I wanted to catch the largest fish in the run that I was working last week at Walnut. It took a while, but I finally hooked him. I prefer reading the water, and then varying my casts until I get the "perfect" one, I usually can tell if "this is the one." I lose myself in the water when I'm fishing the tribs. Early in the season, I don't really notice the hordes. I just concentrate on my little patch of Heaven in front of me.  Fishmonger