First off, I want to say happy anniversary to my lovely wife, how she's put up with me and all my shenanigans all these years I'll never know, but I sure am thankful for it... (As I sit here and type this on our wedding anniversary, she is in the kitchen making up some mighty fine lunches for my upcoming trips, that part ain't at all bad either! :^) Luv U babe...
Fishing was awesome in the lower river yesterday from all accounts with lots of kings both on the move and holed up biting, but that wave of fish apparently made it up past the area we've been fishing over night with not quite as many sticking around or filling it in behind them. We did have a decent number of takes today, but nothing that stuck on the line long enough to have much fun with. Luckily, it was a fun group that John and I had out for their first trip with us and we were assured it wouldn't be the last.
Word is that there are a fair number of holes in the mid river that have good fishable numbers now, (Verified by some photos I've seen recently on-line and recognize the backgrounds in.) but I'm sticking it out downriver for as long as I possibly can looking for as many of those smashing takes from fresh fish as I can get before moving on up to flossville with only the occasional good take to be had. I've got at least a full month of that coming yet if not a month and a half...
Here are a couple of new videos. This first is from that one man gig with Robert that I already reported on, but didn't have any film done yet...
August 30th, 2010
...and this next one is from Tuesday the 31st when John and I tagged along with the DNR during their annual sampling on the Pere Marquette River in an undisclosed control location. It is truly amazing to see how many foot long+ brown trout can come out of one little tiny spot in a river and somewhat humbling.
Once you actually see how many fish are in each little undercut, stream structure or even just laying out in the open it is hard to believe that you can't catch a fish on every cast. In short, it makes you feel very inadequate as an angler, but happy to see how healthy the river is...
August 31st, 2010
Well, I need to cut this short now for obvious reasons, but I hope everyone has a great holiday weekend and also, please remember, if you need it for the salmon season, we probably have it and would really like to get rid of it! We honestly do appreciate any and all of the support you can give us...
Tight Lines All,
Steve
