11/16/12

Got up a bit late today as I had planned a very early trip to the LFZ to get a spot and park there for a few hours.   With that I decided to try up north again and was vastly disappointed with the results.  There were only  few others there and no one saw a fish or even hooked up.  Water was down from WED but still looked good.   With that I hopped in the car and headed south and decided  to see if I could find any sky rockets in flight saw a moldy king there and a few swimming around , but no takers, they were all small guys. Most exciting part of that was almost hit a 8 point driving in.
 
Off to the LFZ to finish the day.  The place was PACKED,  found some open water that was not in the most optimal spot and proceeded to lose 3 flies in 3 casts.   Got po'd and was going to leave, but 2 guys left and I stepped in   fished for a bit and got a few quick pulls , but nothing exciting.   Right about 5 I tied on a blue  yarn egg for the last few casts.   Finally got a good slam and I could tell it was a good one, everyone around said it was a big fish when it jumped.  It would dart upstream and them back at me like a bat out of hell as I tried reel the slack.   Tried to keep it in the pool, but it was too much.  Slammed my thumb twice on the handle and  it got into the middle of backing.  It was then bye , bye time for that one.   My thumb still hurts.
Don't think I will fight the crowds this weekend so next trip out will be next Wednesday for me

TB   as far as this week the crowds were not bad at all if you left Altmar .  Maybe 4 to 5 cars in Ellis, 10 in Pineville  2 to 3 at sportsman.   I am new to steel fishing and am still learning spots on the river.  I think open water may be found this weekend just possibly a walk and maybe not the #'s of fish  as in town.  Also remember tomorrow is opening day of southern zone too.
 
PS I heard the group next to me talking and the were meeting in the Zone at 5am to secure their spot.   That is not for me.
 
Also there were 10's of thousands of little 1 to 1.5 inch bait fish everywhere.  Scooped a few up and they had purple/pinkish tint to them.   Any ideas????

thanks clint.
you just renewed my hope.
i've never been much of a weekender guy but sometimes things present themselves ar=nd how can you pass on an extra trip steelfishing.
 

The were out of Alvin stage, but still a bit translucent and there were swarms and swarms of them.  If I stood still long enough they would form around  me and I could feel them pelting my legs.   I could only scoop up one though.  I looked up steelhead fry and these were all silver no other markings I could see  ie no vertical black markings.   It was on the NS

    Those days are OVER-been there done that- DONE--aint goin all the way up there to get up and stand by the river and freeze or be bored till legal daylight- -aint happenin anymore for a SPOT.
  Slept in the first day of Deer here in Ct- went out at 11 AM DONE at 11:10. DUMB LUCK. ( or knowin where to go that time of day)
   Having your own place allows ya more trips up most years soooo- sleep in and go out like a gentleman and hope for a fish or two in daylight. Yea  Yea ya miss the morning bite--so what ??? Just fish and enjoy the moment--
  Will be less guys on the River from now on- Some of us still chase 'Meat without Feet'.

RG I am with you on my vacations/ weekends  I just don't feel like getting up at the butt crack of dawn just to get a spot.   If I get up there and there is a spot that's great if not I squeeze in if possible or move on.   Don't get me wrong there are a occasions when I wake up early and want to get up there, especially if I am meeting somebody whom I normally do not fish with.  Still waiting an hour by the side of the river  NOPE.   When I do go up early I try to tie it so I get there just in time.
Pete, sorry to hear about the boiler issues, mine runs my HW too.   I have gotten pretty good about doing the simple stuff with mine, even made a few piping repairs, replaces stats and even my air eliminator, but the technical stuff I leave to the pros