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Land of the Leftover Trout
Got out after work yesterday and wanted to explore a new spot near me. Hopped in the truck and took the drive over to a creek that I had passed a few times prior.
I was looking for some chubs or sunnies as I expected that's what I would find in this particular body of water, but was pretty surprised when I found good numbers of leftover stockies. I didn't see many other species of fish at all, definitely no sunfish, but I did see TONS of crayfish. I ended landing 3 rainbow trout, and losing 5 more, all within an hour long trip. I had seen a trout stocking sign, but with the creek being as shallow as it was in most places and the fact that the stocking season is over, I was surprised to see them in such numbers. Made for a great evening bite though! Tight lines! |
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Re: Land of the Leftover Trout
Good find and the fish look real healthy ! Do you think that creek will stay cool enough for them to make it through summer ?
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Re: Land of the Leftover Trout
It's hard to say. Seems like there's enough movement there to keep it properly oxygenated, and it has plenty of overhead cover from the sun, but when we get a true summer heatwave I could see it warming up quite a bit. Time will tell!
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Re: Land of the Leftover Trout
how close were you to the headwaters?
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Re: Land of the Leftover Trout
Not super close. It's not a very long creek but after a quick look on Google Maps I'd estimate I was probably somewhere in the ballpark of 3-5 miles away from the headwaters.
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Re: Land of the Leftover Trout
They look like prime holdovers to keep for the grill. Stream flows looking like they were in your picture, I bet it warms above 70 and stays there. Only way to know for sure though is go back in Sept and see if there are still trout there.
(I know a few spots like this that I'll go take a few for table fare in the next couple weeks. )
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Re: Land of the Leftover Trout
Nice scenery and fish !
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Re: Land of the Leftover Trout
Thanks Andy! I thought of you when taking the scenery photos "any pics of the water??" LOL hope you're doing well.
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Re: Land of the Leftover Trout
there wont be any left if you tell me what stream it was
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