Rver Mill clean up cuz fishing aint hot, weather is though

[dozer365]

headed out to McIver this morning and did a bit of fishing... it was slow for the most part. other then my first cast lol. I should have stayed home. I ended up killing a smolt on accident with a size 3 blue fox w/ siwash. hooked it through the top of the dome. it was shaking when I brought it in..... sad.

decided to move up, as the rafting crew arrived, to some less disturbed water. right below the dam. so I was up in a tree over looking the tail out right below the dam, when I spotted some steel sitting at the top of the shoot. after making a few cast with various spoons and spinners, I decided to take a different approach. I would wade out and make shorter cast with smaller gear? might work right..... not lol

I spooked them long before I was in the right spot to cast effectively. but during my wadding id discovered somebody had been sandbagging the slot.... literally. so I pulled out 3 sand bags and removed the fishing mess. this put me into a whole different mind frame. I spent the next hour wadding around and clearing all kinds of drift/flossing gear, spinners, spoons, and bobber junk out of there. moved the sand bags back, just incase they were placed there by the army corp of engineers or something..... didn't want legal issues. you never know now ah days.

I packed out all the line and some other garbage along my hike back. so I surely didn't leave empty handed today, for a few reason's = )

I think I will try to make a habit of this during the summer months. maybe I should invest in a snorkel and some fins... oh and an onion bag for all the trash

 

[hydropsyche]

Thanks man its people like you that help make the fishing
world a better place. Sorry about the smolt but those things are suicidal.

 

[dozer365]

Thanks man its people like you that help make the fishing
world a better place. Sorry about the smolt but those things are suicidal.

Hey no problem. I'll put that $80 worth of hardware to good use. I've already clipped the rotten hooks and washed in dawn. Will paint a few and rehook all of them with siwash size 1 or 1/0 and slay some summers in the coming month and a half as it cools down. I'll post picks of all this stuff cleaned and custom. Hope it's hanging from another monster summers mouth. My first cast this morning netted me a 32" buck. Great way to spend the day. I got gear foramy fishing trips and brought home a nice one. Not to mention the 200 yrds of line and I pulled out so it's easier to drift.

 

[Chromatose]

Good Job by you dozer.....................Do get a snorkel and some flippers...........You will double your haul. That is what I have been doing from time to time on some of the Rivers I fish and I have never gone home with out some type of gear.

 

[Leon Fish]

I hate it when I brain a fish, too. Poor things to dumb to know what's good for em. lol
But awesme to you for the clean up and gear find. I was up on the clack today scouting around trying to familiarize myself with the area.
I'd like to give it a float myself. Maybe bring along the snorkel gear. if anybodys down for a float this week drop me a line.