PeteM
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Chasing a mysterious ker-plunk!
Hey Guys,
Theres this thing that has been bugging me, and I'm wondering if anybody with more experience than me would have some insight on it.
I usualy look for riffles, a run and idealy followed by a nice pool to fish in when I'm looking for a spot to fish. I'll usualy be just downstream of the riffles and either throwing a nymph or streamer just above them or just below, letting it drift and givin it a few jiggles.
Over the course of the time that I'm doing this I'll here the "Plunk!", just about the same as if you drop a decent sized rock into a pool, comming from the riffle.
Does anybody ever start casting toward that sound? It seems to me like a fish in there jumping at whatever is comming down through. Anybody ever catch anything like that, or am I just chasing smething that isn't there?
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RE: Chasing a mysterious ker-plunk!
2007/12/22 14:38:07
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Trout will make splashy rises when chasing emerging caddis.
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RE: Chasing a mysterious ker-plunk!
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RE: Chasing a mysterious ker-plunk!
2007/12/22 18:35:23
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Punk kid in the bushes throwing rocks at your lie.
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RE: Chasing a mysterious ker-plunk!
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RE: Chasing a mysterious ker-plunk!
2007/12/22 22:01:06
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Could be fish, but if there is a steep bank nearby it could be pieces of shale or sediment falling in the water. This is a fairly common occurrence during the freeze and thaw cycles. Just a thought
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RE: Chasing a mysterious ker-plunk!
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RE: Chasing a mysterious ker-plunk!
2007/12/23 10:31:08
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somtimes in fast water you will here a kerplunk and its usually just the way that the water is rolling over somthing over the bottom, every once in awhile you will just hear a kerplunk when the water changes, ive had the same thing happen to me numerous times thinking there was a trout nailing somthing in the riffles.
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RE: Chasing a mysterious ker-plunk!
2008/01/15 20:36:23
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god**** kids throwin rocks
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RE: Chasing a mysterious ker-plunk!
2008/01/15 20:52:42
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Maybe theres rocks coming from a high back or cliff?
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RE: Chasing a mysterious ker-plunk!
2008/01/15 23:47:18
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Acorns will make a heck of a noise falling 20 ft up Ker-plunk! I seen a ton of nut crackers scurrying the trees tops yesterday! I should have had the 22 i would have had a Field day on them big fox squirrels in the snow it was a very beautiful site too remember. Centerpin_drift!
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RE: Chasing a mysterious ker-plunk!
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RE: Chasing a mysterious ker-plunk!
2008/01/16 15:13:46
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I think it may be moose sneaking across the creek. But I have been wrong before.
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RE: Chasing a mysterious ker-plunk!
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PeteM
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RE: Chasing a mysterious ker-plunk!
2008/01/16 18:07:45
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I've considered all of these possibilities, and certainly can't eliminate any of them. May even be clumsy ninjas. I've lost a couple of flies on the back cast that seemed awfull suspicious, and ninjas like sharp stuff.
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RE: Chasing a mysterious ker-plunk!
2008/01/16 21:12:50
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Bigfoot! They love earings.
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