Report: What better way to conclude one of the best Novembers I have had in years.
Not only was the fishing steady the entire month with late kings, lot's of browns and a decent number of steelhead, but we saw very comfortable temperatures and only 3 inches of the white stufff for the entire month! I am sure we will pay for that.
So to wrap up the month, Phil and Pete come up and spend the day on the Oswego with me. We started the day by having a nice steelhead swallow our float on the very fisrt cast. I had just dropped it in the water, to show the guys where I wanted them to throw and bang, right off the surface. Needlesss to say it came off. (No hooks on my bobbers).
The next hour found us hooking but not landing fish. I was starting to worry, as you never know how many shots you will get in a day. No need to worry today, as the bite just kept getting better as the day went on and the water came up. By the end of the day it was huge! 12,000 cfs, but the fishing was on fire.
Charteuse egg sacs and small white jigs were the hot bait, although we did take a few fish on black and gold & orange and gold rapalas. We kind of lost count but below are some pictures that tell the story.
To make things even better, I managed to harvest a nice fat doe, before dark that night. Venison for dinner today.
A Day to Remember
Pete with a nice rainbow to start the day!
Phil with a brown taken on a rapala!
Big Brown!
This Monster is going on the wall for Phil!
This is a big lake run brown just coming in to feed. Note the silver, summer lake colors!
Any size fish will put a smile on your face!
One of many browns released for another day!
A Big Rainbow!
What will December have in store for us? My fishing schedule begins to slow as the holidays approach and Shelley and I have another issue to put together. I also have some more hunting to do!
As I am typing, it is raining hard and the creeks are on the rise again. Look for excellent fishing conditions over the next few weeks as we finally have water! December is a great month to fish as the weather is still decent and the fishing is always good! And did I mention, We have water! What are you waiting for?
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