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quote: Originally posted by Instant Access:
Can any of your Northern California fishermen give me the nutshell version of the Siskyou (sp) County plan to close off fishing access to some Northern California rivers?
w-w-w-hat?!? I haven't heard of this. Any links to some info? I will certainly look into this. |
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| Posts: 892 | Location: Pleasant Hill, Ca | Registered: Nov 07, 2006 |  |
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Not to hijack the latest issue posted here, but if anyone is looking for the flyfishing event of a lifetime, a float trip on the Green River in NE Utah (below Flaming Gorge Res.) is an absolute must. During our trip to SLC and Jackson Hole, we spent about 5 hrs. floating the 1st section in a McKenzie drift boat. Though I had a bit of trouble throwing 4 wt. line, we absolutely tore up a mess of browns and rainbows w/Chernobyl ants and foam cicadas. Smallest fish was 14", most of the browns were 20-24", lost one that was 27-30". I've never seen/fished water as clear as this; you could read the date on a dime in 12' of water, and the fish were stacked up everywhere. On a gravel bar halfway through the float, we stopped to re-tie. Checking my backcast, I noticed six bighorn sheep standing on an outcropping about 15 yds. away. Breathtaking scenery and huge, hungry trout...what a place.
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| Posts: 3551 | Location: Alpharetta, GA | Registered: Nov 17, 2001 | |
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Well, I felt my 8 day float trip on The Salmon and Kuskokwim Rivers in Alaska was a great one too. Saw bihorn sheep outside of anchorage, but not on the river. On the river were bald eagles, grizzlies, beaver, and moose.
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I grew up fishing the muddy rivers of north Missouri for catfish and spoonbill and the farm ponds and lakes for crappy and largemouth bass. Now I fish the clear Ozark streams for trout, smallmouth and goggle-eye.
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| Posts: 243 | Location: Missouri | Registered: Sep 05, 2007 | |
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What's goggle-eye? Walleye?
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If anyone is looking for a float guide on the Green River in Colorado, I know of a good one.
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IA; It'll be colder than a well-diggers' arse there in April/May (about 7,000 ft. elevation @ the dam). My guess is you'll be fishing small nymph/scud patterns, brassies, size 18 or smaller. In July, we were fishing size 6-8 Chernobyl ants and cicadas (chuck and duck!). This past trip was my 1st there; I'm sure there are plenty of blogs on the Green - you should be able to get info that way.
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| Posts: 3551 | Location: Alpharetta, GA | Registered: Nov 17, 2001 | |
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Board-O; Goggle eye are called warmouth bass in some locales, redeye bass, in others. About the size of a good bluegill, shaped like a stunted smallmouth bass (except for the mouth!). Lots of fun on light tackle.
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| Posts: 3551 | Location: Alpharetta, GA | Registered: Nov 17, 2001 | |
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quote: Originally posted by kybo:
Not to hijack the latest issue posted here, but if anyone is looking for the flyfishing event of a lifetime, a float trip on the Green River in NE Utah (below Flaming Gorge Res.) is an absolute must.
During our trip to SLC and Jackson Hole, we spent about 5 hrs. floating the 1st section in a McKenzie drift boat. Though I had a bit of trouble throwing 4 wt. line, we absolutely tore up a mess of browns and rainbows w/Chernobyl ants and foam cicadas. Smallest fish was 14", most of the browns were 20-24", lost one that was 27-30". I've never seen/fished water as clear as this; you could read the date on a dime in 12' of water, and the fish were stacked up everywhere.
On a gravel bar halfway through the float, we stopped to re-tie. Checking my backcast, I noticed six bighorn sheep standing on an outcropping about 15 yds. away. Breathtaking scenery and huge, hungry trout...what a place.
Sounds awesome, I just might have to put this on my to-fish list  . This wouldn't happen to be THE green river, would it? You know, "pick up a flat rock, skip it across Green River" green river? I thought it was near the log, where the catfish bite, not trout  |
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| Posts: 892 | Location: Pleasant Hill, Ca | Registered: Nov 07, 2006 | |
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QUOTE Posted Oct 25, 2007 11:54 AM Hide Post
Can any of your Northern California fishermen give me the nutshell version of the Siskyou (sp) County plan to close off fishing access to some Northern California.
It is spelled Siskiyou. A netshell explanation doesn't do it. Too complicated. The supervisors are slowing down. Hopefully they will come to their senses. Go to troutunderground.com and start searching. You will find all you need to know.
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quote: Originally posted by Board-O:
I've been fishing since I was four years old. I live near salt water, but I'm a freshwater fisherman, mostly fly and spin fishing. Most summers, we fly up to Nunavut for catch-and-release wilderness fishing for large pike, lake trout, walleye, and grayling. I've been raft fishing for salmon, trout, char, and grayling in Alaska. One of my biggest thrills in fishing was the first time I caught a fish on a fly I tied.
We used to fly in to remote lakes in Ontario and Quebec, but people took large fish, and small ones, out. The relatively non-fertile northern lakes can become rapidly depleted of large fish. That's why it's strictly catch-and-release for me now.
Where in Nunavut do you go? I fish Great Bear, Tree River, Great Slave (East Arm) my brother owns 3 cabins on remote lakes within 50 miles of Yellowknife. Great Lake Trout fishing, caught a 46 pounder last year, only about 40 pounds shy of the record.
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| Posts: 21 | Location: Victoria, Canada | Registered: Nov 14, 2007 | |
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We usually spend a night in Winipeg, occasionally Saskatoon, then fly to Stony Rapids and from there take a seaplane into various smaller lakes. Some of the lakes in Nunavut, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba have been Premier (my favorite), Stevens-Nicklin, Burnie, Wignes, and a few others whose names I can't remember at the moment. The best fishing day of my life was June 28, 1996 when I caught, amongst other fish, three pike each weighing well over thirty pounds.
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