Although it's still a few weeks away, is anyone else interested in welcoming the New Year on Pass Lake? As long as the weather cooperates, I plan on spending New Years Day at Pass Lake and thought it might be fun to see if anyone else was interested.
In my experience, overall Pass Lake has been fishing well since it reopened in mid-November. I've had some pretty good days recently (caveat: for winter fishing), including watching another angler catch THE LARGEST BROWN TROUT I've ever seen...a beautiful fish, it easily pushed 23" and was super-FAT!
Anyhow, I thought it might be fun to meet up for parking lot coffee before hitting the water, fish for a few hours, and enjoy some fish stories (or lack thereof--it is winter, afterall) and perhaps a parking lot beverage afterwards. Let me know!
I'll post updates via this channel and on the Facebook page regarding the weather window Go/No-Go and timeline for those that are interested.
Cheers!
Jeff
The weather is looking good for the 1st: Mid- to upper-40s, light winds and the possibility of the sun poking out around noon. The water temp has been holding pretty steady in the low-40s and although I haven't been to the lake in a week, I don't expect to have deviated much from that.
Let's meet up around 10am. Mark Wilbert promises donuts and (maybe?) beer. I'll bring coffee.
Jeff
Pass Lake continues to fish well with a double digit day yesterday during my 4-hours on the water.
Interesting side note: I've noticed some odd Brown Trout behaviour this season (at least in my limited experience). All the Browns I've seen thus far have been pretty fat and fiesty and not skinny and snake=-like as usual this time of year. Perhaps a late spawn?!?! Then there was the brown in the 2nd picture below. It was super-bright, almost like a light titanium color vice a darker copper color like I'm used to... It acted like a Brown when I hooked it, but when it got closer to the surface, I thought it was a Rainbow...nope.
That sounds like fun to me, Jeff. I'll see if I can arrange my schedule for it. I'll keep you posted.