okflyfisher
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Went to the Lower Mt. Fork River again this week and had a great time. Weather was pretty nice for the most part, but did have several bouts with storms which was good because Broken Bow Lake is about 7' below it's normal summertime level. We need the moisture.
The water temps coming out of the lake are great right now and hope it continues. It was showing 57 degrees on my thermometer, which this time last year, it was already up in the upper 60s to low 70s. Off to a great start on our summertime water temps and hope they stay that way.
Fished Zone II in the early a.m. and didn't do that good, but did see a couple of really nice trout hit my fly. Missed several that morning in that area, so that's encouraging that the trout are doing well with the cool water. Went up to Zone I next and missed several trout, but nothing large. Also caught some very tiny rainbow trout of about an inch or two. They must have stocked some brooder trout back in May or early June. Glad to see they did their thing and got a good spawn. They were scattered all up and down Spillway through the Evening Hole area. After taking several breaks throughout the day due to the storms, I fished Spillway later on that afternoon and also did good there as well. Lots of the little guys and some decent bows as well.
Would like to thank the Beaver's Bend State Park personnel for the quick response when I called in on some people fishing illegally in a Red Zone. I informed the people as nice as I could that they were fishing illegally, but they just ignored me and kept on fishing. I called the park office and in no time, a park ranger showed up. I told him about the matter and he quickly took care of it. Many thanks again.
Donny
The water temps coming out of the lake are great right now and hope it continues. It was showing 57 degrees on my thermometer, which this time last year, it was already up in the upper 60s to low 70s. Off to a great start on our summertime water temps and hope they stay that way.
Fished Zone II in the early a.m. and didn't do that good, but did see a couple of really nice trout hit my fly. Missed several that morning in that area, so that's encouraging that the trout are doing well with the cool water. Went up to Zone I next and missed several trout, but nothing large. Also caught some very tiny rainbow trout of about an inch or two. They must have stocked some brooder trout back in May or early June. Glad to see they did their thing and got a good spawn. They were scattered all up and down Spillway through the Evening Hole area. After taking several breaks throughout the day due to the storms, I fished Spillway later on that afternoon and also did good there as well. Lots of the little guys and some decent bows as well.
Would like to thank the Beaver's Bend State Park personnel for the quick response when I called in on some people fishing illegally in a Red Zone. I informed the people as nice as I could that they were fishing illegally, but they just ignored me and kept on fishing. I called the park office and in no time, a park ranger showed up. I told him about the matter and he quickly took care of it. Many thanks again.
Donny
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