first trip of the year

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2013/11/23 12:27:25 (permalink)

first trip of the year

Made the trip up to fish Tuesday ,Weds and Thursday,  the usual spots were crowded as usual but I was able to find less crowded conditions with a little walking ,  Tuesday was windy, Wednesday and Thursday was nice weather.  My best day was weds  played with quite a few and landed some. 
For the most part the people I ran into were  real nice although on weds. I did have a guy come in right below me and really worked his best to snag one but was was not successful in doing so , he was quite blantant with his snagging technique. On Thursday he was right in the area I was weds so I went in below him, although slower day I did get a few,  he was still thrashing away with no results.  I tried to have a casual conversation with him in the hopes that I could help a little but he was not interested ,, his buddy came over. We talked gave him a few ideas to try and  he did get  one later on which I netted for him he was thrilled tooked all types of pictures for his son ,,  and he really wanted to make sure it was released healthy, so I helped him with that. , maybe he will be able to talk to his buddy .  I did not say anything to him about his buddy, just enjoyed the moment with him...  but to be honest I was glad to see fishing out performed snagging on those 2 days . 
I tried my new switch rod , it is obvious I need to spend some more time on local waters practicing , I would like to say is was because the water level being 1200 was the cause , but it was not, it was because I suck at it . 
Will head down next week to fish for some Atlantics and I am only bringing the switch, that way I will have to stick with it . 
All in all a great first trip of the year ,  be back in a few weeks 
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    Lucky13
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    Re: first trip of the year 2013/11/23 12:45:06 (permalink)
    Thx for the report.  Glad you got some fish.
     
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    Re: first trip of the year 2013/11/23 16:56:33 (permalink)
    Yes good report hopefully the wind lets up a bit for net week

    The gods do not deduct from man's allotted span the hours spent in fishing.  ~Babylonian Proverb

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    fichy
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    Re: first trip of the year 2013/11/24 07:21:16 (permalink)
    That's a good report, Cape. You caught some  fish,helped folks,  had some decent weather and avoided real crowds. That's as good as gets 99% of the time for me.
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    Re: first trip of the year 2013/11/25 12:04:10 (permalink)
    Nice report cape... and good job with your helpful efforts. Less is definitely more when it comes to switch casting...

    Atlantic's???? Where???
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    Re: first trip of the year 2013/11/25 21:42:54 (permalink)
    Some of the finger lakes tribs have runs.  
     
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    Re: first trip of the year 2013/11/26 07:18:44 (permalink)
    Lake George use to have a decent fishery this time of year. The LL  salmon would come in to shallower water with the drop in water temps. I waded off what's called the Million Dollar Beach and threw streamers to imitate smelt .  Not a lot of fish, but the ones you did get were incredible fighters. Not enough to bother with now. Wherever you're going, I hope it's successful, Cape.
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    Re: first trip of the year 2013/11/26 22:03:13 (permalink)
    Well once again  I went fish less  for ll atlantics , but I did do better with the switch rod ,  Andy  you are so right. " less is more " .   Still was a great day on the water . 
     
    Heading back to SR on wednesday  
    Hope every one has a safe and happy holiday 
     
     
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