Toothy Critter Success Thread
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No...Start in the shallow coves. they are seeking the warmest water at this time of the year...going shallow if it has not been an extra cold night and swimming in the upper 2-3 ft of the water column in the deeper areas of the coves. Tohickon Ck cove is the antithesis of what you want. the creek is flowing well and probably cold.
Finally got out today to chase the toothies at my regular spot and managed a follow from a nice mid 30's. On my very first cast..I thought for sure I was going to hook up on this fish it kept following during a couple rounds of figure 8's but ended up fading away as only a musky can do. I've never had a fish stay on a the fly that long while figure 8ing, so that was kinda kool.... And that was the only encounter I had this evening. Crazy. Glad I got out though.
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Awesome! I was going to go after muskies today but decided to take my girlfriend fly fishing for trout instead. So in other words I undid tangles for an hour in the rain lol. Good to hear someone had some action with the toothies!
It was good just see a musky after all the months of no fishing. Even though I bungled the figure 8. I really think I should have been able to convert a fish that was that "hot" on the 8. In my defense I am a little rusty once I shake the rust off I'll be puttin some metal in em'
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Great job T'. Nothing else in the fishing world like it. Now your ruined!
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Awesome! Very jealous!
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Thanks GenCon
So this morning I had a little more action on the river. The drift started off with some really nice smallies on a slightly bigger version of that fly. Then about an hour later I had a SUPER fat 40+ purebred follow my fly up to the boat in some skinny water (2-3ft). Did figure 8's and big circles for about 30 seconds, but we were moving at a pretty good clip and never saw him again. That got my blood going! I couldn't get over how wide its head was. It would've taken me for a ride thats for sure. I don't start my internship until after memorial day so I'm going to hit the lake HARD next week. Hoping for some good conditions, although the moon isn't the best.
Here was one of the many nice smallies of the day. Thankfully, only one of about 15 showed signs of spawning, and we only saw one redd. I was a little worried they would be going after the smaller musky flies and we'd be disturbing the spawn. I'd say next week they'll be full blown
So this morning I had a little more action on the river. The drift started off with some really nice smallies on a slightly bigger version of that fly. Then about an hour later I had a SUPER fat 40+ purebred follow my fly up to the boat in some skinny water (2-3ft). Did figure 8's and big circles for about 30 seconds, but we were moving at a pretty good clip and never saw him again. That got my blood going! I couldn't get over how wide its head was. It would've taken me for a ride thats for sure. I don't start my internship until after memorial day so I'm going to hit the lake HARD next week. Hoping for some good conditions, although the moon isn't the best.
Here was one of the many nice smallies of the day. Thankfully, only one of about 15 showed signs of spawning, and we only saw one redd. I was a little worried they would be going after the smaller musky flies and we'd be disturbing the spawn. I'd say next week they'll be full blown
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Haha I sure hope so! I wish I lived a little closer to my buddy so I could float it a bit more with him. I'm going to buy myself a john boat this summer so I can get on the Schuykill and give em a shot. I already have two trolling motors so I'll be able to strap them on and move it a bit easier than my bulky bayliner I use on the lake now haha. And it will be river capable.
