Back to the Basin

Headed back to the basin to see if i could get into a big brook and scope out a new lake in the area that i hadn't seen before. i went 0 for 0. no big brookies and i couldn't find the other lake, didn't put forth to much effort though. made the usual loop around the 3 lakes that i usually fish in that area and did pretty well. caugth brooks in all 3 lakes most of which were pan sized (10-11 inches) but got a couple pushing 14". came acrossed a tackle box with shit still in it and a broken rod sitting along shore. i guess it was just to much for someone to pack out. also got jizzed on by one of the brooks and got flipped off by a guy that looked like he was in his 70's, i guess for passing him on my way up to the lake. being the mature person that i am i returned fire.

Scandanavian Altitude

The first time i headed up there i was in search of a certain lake, but with my crappy map in tow i could not find the lake. come to find out that that map is way off. after searching via google maps i was able to figure out where i went wrong last time. ventured out this morning hoping for warmer weather but certainly didn't get it. there was just a trace of snow on the ground when i got there, tons of grizzlies, kodiacs, trucks and hunters. got to the end where i counted 4 tens, 7 quads and 8 trucks. holy shit! but being hunting season i didn't figure anybody would be on my lake and as it turned out there wasn't. it was a gruleing climb up and when i got to the res the wind was cooking. it remained cold and windy for most of the day, but at around 1ish the clouds started to break and the sun started to show it's face, so it did warm up a little bit. as luck would have it the fishing was off the hook. i figure 20+ fish, all brooks except 1 good cutt. the cutt was around 14" and the brooks were in the 10-11" range. even though the brooks weren't big they were fiesty and some of the most beautifully colored fish i have ever caught. it took me almost 5 hours to fish my way around the lake and the it was time to head out. except for the wind it was a very peaceful day. surprised to not hear a single gun shot with all those hunters.

South of the Border Brookies

Myself and scott headed out to the lake to see if we could get into some decent fish. most of the fish were average but scott did manage to land 2 really nice brooks. anything 15+ is a nice brook down there. we also caught a couple of small grayling. after fishing the lake we headed west to fish a piece of small stream that, according to my outdated source, has some good cutthroat. 1 small cutthroat and a few small brookies later and we were back on the road to see if we could get out of hills by dark. the weather was almost perfect. it was very warm, not a cloud in the sky, but just a bit of wind kicked up early in the afternoon. thanks for coming out scott

And the Yoyo Continues

The river continues fluxuate up and down. it had finally come up some and now it's back down. hopefully tommorrow it will be back up. the other day it was lower then i prefer it to be but what can i do. still not landing any of the bigger fish.

The Water is on the Rise

The last couple of days have tortured me. the fish have been very active and i have had my ass handed to me for the most part. i've landed a few fish but other then 20"er they have all been, what i call next years fish. by that i mean 12-15"fish, so next year they will be good fish. the water had jumped up a little earlier in the week but was still really clear. this morning i went out and the level had come up a little more and had some chocolate to it. didn't seem to affect the streamer fishing any as the fish were all over me. unfortunately i got spanked again today. moved a lot of fish, including one that i know would have gone 22-24", lost 2 really nice fish, got hit a lot and landed a few of next years fish. the last fish that i hooked came flying out of the water and when he did i was surprised that i still had him on. on his second jump he jumped right on shore and it was then, flopping around on the rocks, trying his best to come free, that he spit my hook and flopped right back into the water and swam away. unfricking believable! i get him on shore and i still can't land him. that's the way it's been for me the last couple of days

Their on the Move

The fish that is. the water level finally came up just a bit, so to me it was a good excuse to chuck some streamers. i was optamistic but i was surprised at how active the fish really were. i didn't catch a bunch but i sure move quite a few. only one good fish (20") and a few small fish(10-14") to hand. i was surprised at the quantity of cutts there. a black jj bugger w/chartruese legs did the trick.