Pine Creek

I just fished Pine Creek Delayed Harvest project water. I went from the start to the golf course. The water conditions were a little high, lightly stained, but the holes were fishable. Not a bite.
In the past (over 5 years ago) I’d pick up 20 fish.
Is the license worth it anymore or are we just paying big wigs salaries?

Expected more fish in the stream as the lake obviously will not be getting any.

Stockies have defiantly been fewer and smaller over the past few years. Not a good way to sell licenses.

Fished DHOLA on Friday the 18th. Caught a few but not many for walking whole stretch. Other anglers were in holes that I passed up out of curteosy. I've caught large amounts of fish months after they've stocked and few on other days. Sometimes a pattern is harder to develope and other times they just aren't biting. A challenge can make you a better fisherman.
Fish may be dropping downstream to better conditions because of silt.
I would think license is still a value @ $100 because I wouldn't know what to do with myself without one.

They were schelduled to stock Pine on 3-3. I was out of town but assume due to the high water they wouldn't have been able to float stock it. I don't know though. I'm guessing they just dumped some buckets here and there. I'm so disgusted fishing in silt and murk I don't even fish the upper parts of Pine anymore. I guess I will wait til April to fish the lower sections were the water isn't as bad. I would disagree that the fish are smaller than they used to be. Maybe other streams but Pine holds several fish over the 15" mark. Poaching is a real problem in the DHALO sections. Last fall I saw a guy on another stream fishing with minnows and throwing them in a big black garbage bag. UNREAL!!

Deer Creek is in my backyard so I fish it quite often. Bull is close too. I went down there last night for a little bit and ripped a couple out. I like Pine for the fact it's a bigger stream and no doubt holds bigger stockies.