Hey folks. Heard the river was open, and a few fish being caught. Checked it out yesterday. Arrived around 11am, ya I know that's late for bows. There were lots of guys everywhere in the marina area and gas pumps. Word of open water water sure gets out quickly. We walked over and saw quite a few 3-5lb bows laying in the snow. All were caught earlier in the morning, and some before sunrise. Anyway we tied up, and lost a couple within a couple of hours. Nobody was on the piers when we arrived, so we decided to venture to the south pier. First drift with a bag potted me a plump, shiny chrome 3lb bow.
Oh man did that feel great after the winter we had. More people showed up. There were a few more caught, but with the sun directly above us, I surmised they had all went out under the pack ice for cover. Nobody agreed, that was until two guys in a 10' aluminum motored out past us all. They beached the boat ON the ice and fished out of the beached boat through the cracks in the ice. Within the next 2 hours those two guys had a blast. One after the other. We counted over 15 fish. And they had it all to themselves. The fish in fact were under the ice.
The pack ice is as far out as you can see, but the river flow has melted a nice mushroom shaped plume opening at the mouth. LOTS of fishable water on both the north and south sides. There was the usual conflict(already)between the still fishermen and the few drifters. I'm surprised nobody went for a swim. It was pretty close a few times. Ahhh, river fishing
Oh man did that feel great after the winter we had. More people showed up. There were a few more caught, but with the sun directly above us, I surmised they had all went out under the pack ice for cover. Nobody agreed, that was until two guys in a 10' aluminum motored out past us all. They beached the boat ON the ice and fished out of the beached boat through the cracks in the ice. Within the next 2 hours those two guys had a blast. One after the other. We counted over 15 fish. And they had it all to themselves. The fish in fact were under the ice.
The pack ice is as far out as you can see, but the river flow has melted a nice mushroom shaped plume opening at the mouth. LOTS of fishable water on both the north and south sides. There was the usual conflict(already)between the still fishermen and the few drifters. I'm surprised nobody went for a swim. It was pretty close a few times. Ahhh, river fishing
