Monday, February 2, 2015
What are Your Spring Fishing Plans?
I can not wait for spring. Once the rivers have cleared out and the trout season opens I will be out on the Salmon chucking articulated streamers for some of the larger sized fish. Then it's out on the yak for some pre-spawn pike. After it has warmed up enough for wet wading I'm going to travel up to the headwaters of my home river, where there are some big wild browns and brookies. During the summer that stretch is too filled with chubs to seek out the less frequent, bigger fish. And of course I'll be doing lots of farm ponding with my three weight and a bit of carping on the yet untested eight weight. What are all your plans?
I will be doing some brookie fishing and probably target some salters for the first time ever. I heard light edson tigers are pretty deadly on salters.
ReplyDeleteAlso, is the spring a good time for salter fishing? When is the best time overall in your opinion because I have heard some varying preferences?
ReplyDeleteI have no idea, but I know sea run browns come in during the spring, and I entirely forgot to add targeting them to my list up there! I have never fished for salters and, as far as I know, there are none in CT.
DeleteI have heard of some salters in CT, but can't think of locations off the top of my head. I would keep looking because RI and Mass are extremely developed on the coast (like CT) and both have salters.
DeleteI was just talking to a couple of different friends about the dilemma posed by spring. The tailwater trout will be on streamers, the musky will be on the move and fired up, and the mountain freestone streams will be featuring Quill Gordons and Blue Quills. All of this will start late next month or early March. The main problem is where to fish with so many good options! I'll be doing a little bit of everything hopefully!
ReplyDeleteVariety is never a bad thing.
DeleteIts hard not to think about spring when you look out the window and see over a foot of snow.
ReplyDeleteI'd like to target the salters too. I've heard of searun browns in a stream that has bk,br, and suppossedly tigers. (all within a few hundred yards of saltwater) There's so many possible locations, but until I pull out a pale brookie, I'll be skeptical.
Sea Runs come in early. usually several weeks before opening day. (coincidence?) They'll be coming in to native runs. Remember.... opening day is ONLY for trout residing in non-wtma's, and north of designations. Route 1 & 95 are common designations, however, sometimes there are other DEEP rules. So pretty much, most streams emptying into LIS are fishable any time. I enjoy targeting them in SECT, and have a couple spots in mind.
Good luck to you! My chosen spot is a WTMA, so I don't have any problems there. I might get into a few stripers while targeting browns in the same spot. Of course, that is a CT River trib, and that run consists of some real beasts!
DeleteHow about over 4 feet CT Yankee :)? For me, I just hope to fish. Time is tight with grad school and kiddos... but it is what it is. So, I just hope to get out time to time. I'd love to go hit a salter stream near the cape. reading the comments reminds me of this. It would be fun, and the kids would enjoy the walk, and playing on the beach (sand only if cold)...
ReplyDeleteI hope you get plenty of enjoyable time in between, both on the water and with your family.
DeleteI'm going to wait and see what the weather is before deciding which stream to pounce on. The water levels will make my choice. I sure don't like being in a crowd either.
ReplyDeleteThinking of the fishing days in Spring keeps me normal on these winter days. uuuugh
Tie, write and wish on...
Try one you haven't been on for a while that isn't stocked, maybe one south east of you.
DeleteI'm going to just enjoy reading your blog and viewing your pictures. Spring will be here before you know it.
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