kevin07

Went out today to test some lures and i tied on the Dr. minnow and it had great action, but it floated i thought they were suspenders. :-?

I have never had anyone yell at me for fishing, but i have had people tubing down the creek and they decided to go swimming in the hole i was fishing >. I should have said something to them but I don't think they did it on purpose, i think they were just ignorant city folk and didn't know any better. On the other hand i have had people yell at me for bowfishing but i can see why, people just don't like seeing arrows through the fish they see in their back yard. I have even had the cops called on me for this. On one instance a guy came down and told me not to shoot the koy fish he put in the creek. I then told him it was illegal to put any fish in the creek that did not belong, so i shot both of them when he went inside . I don't know if that was the right thing to do but i know that if they would reproduce it could cause a problem and im sure he could have got a big fine for putting them in the creek. Boy were those some big koy fish the one was over 2 feet.

I went to my local dicks store the other day and saw they had diawa lures for $3 so i bought a whole bunch of them. I mostly got the peanut crankbaits both shallow and medium diver, i also got some Dr. Minnow jerkbaits. I was wondering what you guys think about these lures, were they that cheap for a reason or just a great deal? I have replaced all the trebble hooks though, because the seamed cheap and like they would bend very easily.

X-raps they work great in spring

Thanks for the advice everyone, looks like I have a bunch of things to try next time I head out.

Yeah after i posted it i realised that it was a wild trout steam not native. Went out today and tried a couple of thing and i caught a nice brown on a trout magnet. I will have to go out and buy some flies to try haven't used the fly rod in a wile hope im not to rusty. thanks for the suggestions.

Its a spring fed stream and the creek is only about a 1.5 miles from the creek. Today i saw some carp sitting at the mouth wondering if they were there cause its warmer or if it was just because it was fairly deep back water.

Im mostly here in the winter until the bass start hitting then im always on the water. This forum keeps me sane in the winter though. I think i would be a mad man if it wasnt for this forum

Dont know if this poll was done before, just want to see when people use this forum the most.

Im driving my parents nuts, we all cant wait till spring. Only thing keeping me from goin crazy is fishing shows and trout fishing. Its just not the same as fishing for smallies though.

I fished a new trout stream today. I caught 2 little tout one was a small brown the other was a small rainbow. I was using a blue fox spinner, i know there are a lot more trout and i thought i would catch more than id did. Any tips or lure suggestions? Also i believe most of the trout are only a year old or so because they are all around 6 inches.

I thought about a therometer but, im to cheap to get one. Guess is should invest in one. Mabe this is wrong, but someone told me that streams at the head water was always at 50 or 55 dont know if this is true but that why i was thinking the water would be warmer than the creek water. The creek had ice chunks floating down it today so i assume the water is in the lower 30s.

This may be a stupid question but would a trout stream that flows into the creek i fish have warmer water than the creek in the winter? If so would it be better to fish this side of the creek? By the way im fishing for smallmouths. I was wondering because i know the creek water is in the low thirty and i think that trout streams are usualy around fifty at the headwaters.

I have used fireline crystal for a year now and have not had one problem with it yet. I used the 8 pound test fished with it almost everyday of the summer. I have never broke this line. The only thing is it is not "crystal" it looks like anchor rope.

I stick with trout because its the only fish i can seem to catch in the winter.