Fall has finally come through this neck of the woods. Well, for us at least. Highs in the mid 60s lows in the low 50s to high 40s and rain. I know, pretty mild in retrospect but it feels cold to me. The front that came through screwed up the Stripers.. I was able to catch plenty of fish but nothing to write home about. I only had one good grab from a nice fish and didn't connect. Striped Bass in general hate fronts. Especially post front conditions. There is that window right before a front when there is a slight pressure drop that will sometimes get big fish on a chew but post front sucks. And thats what I had, blue bird north wind crap. See what happens this week.
I decided to dedicate Sunday to scouting out some Coastal Steelhead water before the opener and give carp a go. My home water coastal streams look good. I have a good feeling about this year and cant wait to get out there. Plus it was drop dead beautiful in the Redwoods. Steelhead live in some killer places for sure. Plus I got to hang out at the beach for a while. The entrance to the harbor on the outgoing was no place to mess around. Nasty swell breaking right at the jaws.
The slight rising water we had with the front/rain had carp creeping around the shallows. Especially since this was a warmish front so it had a positive effect on the Carp fishing. So, Carp were a skunk breaker for me and I got to pull on some hard fighting fish. 6 of them to be exact. In the process I was a able to get two wild Goldfish to eat. They arent easy to fool for me so they were a bonus I guess.
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Only had a couple of shots at wild gold-fish so far. They practically laughed at my fly. They do seem to be of a different personality.
They really are tough to fool with a fly. These were bigger than average and tailing up on a flat with the Carp. Most I see, especially in moving water are almost always laid up, doing nothing and relativly small. Have a good turkey day dude.
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