Today I shot out to prospect. We had some rain last week, and I hoped that perhaps a few salmon had shot up a local river that gets a great run of landlocked salmon and big browns in the fall. Big meaning, it's not uncommon to see a fish in the upper 20's and low 30's go by (inches)... They are not easy to catch, but it's fun to try given the river is only about 10-15 yards wide in most areas!
It's a little early, and things had been so dry, that I wondered if any fish had come in... but at least from what I could see, there were no salmon in. Lot's of young pickerel hiding in the shallows in the lower sections, but no big fish yet... A little more cool, and a good rain event and we should be in business. Usually it's the last 2 weeks of October and first 2 of November, sometimes even as late as early December... So I'm on the early edge.
That said, it was really nice to be out and enjoying a gorgeous fall day. Now I'm settling in to some good work projects and school projects and figured I'd pop up a quick post as a "warm up" to work :)!
I've had a few trail cam's out as well. I'm not getting to many buck pic's this year - well, mature bucks. But lots of does and 1.5 year old bucks. The big surprise after last winters epic snow, is the number of does with fawns I've had on cam. Pretty cool to see.
Also cool, was getting a shot of this old bruiser for the 3rd year in a row. I'm going to call him 5.5 or 6.5 years old based on the racks the last 3 years. Actually seems to be starting to get smaller now. His rack is cool. It does not have a ton of tines, but, it's really neat the way his right is only a 3 point side and seems to reach out to the side more. Given he lives in a public land area, and an area that gets pretty stout pressure during gun season, it's really cool to see him still going - perhaps the fact I've only seen him on cam at night is part of his success. Regardless, on a few ideal day's in November Ill see if I can see him during the day with bow in hand...
Have an awesome week!
Will
Will I agree that there is plenty of time to tangle with some colorful fall brook trout. The act of getting out usually satisfies.
ReplyDeleteI have got to get a few permission slips signed for this deer season. I'm going to take a ride to PA where we hunt just to check things out, and maybe get the chance at a Thanksgiving turkey.
Hi Brk Trt. Alan, Agree on the brookies... I'm looking forward to salmon for sure though.
DeleteGreat on CT. I enjoyed hunting there quite a lot, fun to get out during the time when the leaves are out - very different than here where things are falling or fallen by the time we get going.