Wilson, Trask Update

Although Whalen nailed five below Sully’s on Tuesday, B Dog Lobey and I couldn’t find anything upriver today.
We moved up and down the Wilson between MM 5 and 18. Probably stopping at a dozen plus spots while only fishing four or five.

We ended up without any apparent real estate at Loren’s Drift on the Trask either. Bout twelve dudes there with no fish on the bank….saw one hooked and lost on bobber and roe. We found ourselves fishless but with bank under our feet just above Cedar Creek on the Trask.

We fished three different kinds of eggs both drifted and bobber-fished, as well as traditional drift rigs against steep, deep rock ledges. Nothing produced.

We weren’t alone with our lack luster results. I must have seen four or five rigs off and on all day on each different river. Everyone was hunting.

We had Tom and Lonnie with us today and they were initiated into our hectic river pace, full throttle. Kudos to both Tom and Lonnie for their good attitudes. There will be fish to come.


TOM BAXTER

We saw one chrome 22lb hen at what I reluctantly refer to as the Guide Shop. The main run below Mills is totally filled in and the only fishable water is directly below in the big boily hole that fishes about 4 guys, shoulder to shoulder.

There’s much work to do to learn this river again.

Hellcat