An Evening At Black Rapids
Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 8:18 pm
Well we decided to try the Eastern side at Black Rapids this evening to make up for the time lost to the crap weather last week. I waded out almost to the first waste water wier without even a bite, thoug I did see what I suspect was a big carp jump.
Wouldn't you know it, while I'm wading out along the dam, my wife decides fo move downstream and hooks into something big. Well here I am trying to get over to her as fast as I can without going for a swim. When I finally get over to her she's got a big butt smile on her face and a nice 14" OOS SM. Seems she's starting her season off well.
A few casts later and I'm into a nice scrappy hammer handle, then a few jumbo perch. Standing beside me she casts her fly out about 15' into deeper water and proceeds to hook another 2lb smallie.
Before calling it a night I decide to give the deep water along the face of the dam another shot, hoping to hook into some walleye. Bang! fish on....another slab of a smallie and time to pack it in for the evening.
Given that the smallies were not caught on beds I'd have to guess that they were pre-spawn fish that had the feed bag on. In any case I'm looking forward to fishing the East side again, hopefully for more eyes and pike.
Wouldn't you know it, while I'm wading out along the dam, my wife decides fo move downstream and hooks into something big. Well here I am trying to get over to her as fast as I can without going for a swim. When I finally get over to her she's got a big butt smile on her face and a nice 14" OOS SM. Seems she's starting her season off well.
A few casts later and I'm into a nice scrappy hammer handle, then a few jumbo perch. Standing beside me she casts her fly out about 15' into deeper water and proceeds to hook another 2lb smallie.
Before calling it a night I decide to give the deep water along the face of the dam another shot, hoping to hook into some walleye. Bang! fish on....another slab of a smallie and time to pack it in for the evening.
Given that the smallies were not caught on beds I'd have to guess that they were pre-spawn fish that had the feed bag on. In any case I'm looking forward to fishing the East side again, hopefully for more eyes and pike.