Jimbo
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Cassio, It’s all good, I was talking about handling the buckets. You are right, I would never recommend wearing gloves while fishing, even the ones used for UV protection, if it’s not wet skin you will remove more fish slime than you want to.
Places we stocked today: Maricopa, Tubers Loop above Whitewater Camping, Kanz (not a lease site, but fills in the gaps and in these flows fish will move downstream to places like the Half Way Riffle), Rio, #5, S Turn rapids (not a site, but again filling in the gaps), Pott’s, Little Ponderosa, Lazy L&L Office and Devil’s Playground, Action Angler, and CVC. The Fish were in real good shape, not a single floater today. They were a little bigger than average, but Marvin told me they would be, and we will get more numbers of 14-16″ fish the next 2 Rainbow stockings.
Now the flows are still real high for most people. If you decide to wade fish, use extreme caution. If you can’t see your feet, use your wading stick to tap the bottom ahead of you before taking the next step. Assume most of the river has changed because of the recent 3000cfs flows. You will not be able to cross the river in these flows with very few exceptions. I suggest to stay on the side you started till flows drop below 500cfs. I also recommend using heavier tippet and bigger flys until the water clears or flows drop. Be careful and have fun.
Jimbo
It is true the Half Marathon will be run tomorrow. I was made aware of this and talked to the people running it. It starts at 7:30am at Summit and runs toward Gruene. They should be well clear of the sites we are going to stock downstream before we get there. That being said do not attempt to approach Rio by coming up River Rd. From IH35 use Hwy 306 crossing the river and turning left on to 2673 and then onto River Rd. You will be fine. I also talked to Rio management where runners are going to be dropped off, but they will not be parking their vehicles there, so again GRTU volunteers will have no problem parking there. See you in the morning.
Jimbo
Cassio
I recommend bringing gloves because the buckets used to carry the fish to the river have rope handles and they are heavy when loaded. So gloves make carrying those buckets full of water and with their precious cargo a little easier. And yes many folks will want to touch these fish, but please don’t while stocking. They are already stressed from the ~20 hour trip from the hatchery, and even without gloves we don’t want to add to that stress. And lastly I would ask that everyone give these fish at least 24 hours before fishing for them. Thanks for listening and following these suggestions.
Jimbo
Flows are continuing to drop as GBRA ramps down their releases, currently 602cfs.
Jimbo
Looks like we are going to have a big crowd this first stocking. Without giving anything away we will have a second stocking soon. This stocking will be the most labor intensive as we will stock our lower sites and put more fish on our upper sites. So we will need the most hands to accomplish our stocking strategy then. If you can only do one of these stockings come to the second.
That being said everyone is welcome to come for this first stocking. Plan on carpooling with others at Rio to avoid a big traffic jam at our sites and on River Road. So once you are there start talking to others there with crew cabs and big SUVs to double up. Again bring your waders, boots, gloves, and dress for the weather. See everyone there.
Jimbo
GBRA is stepping down the flows again today. Looks like they be settling around 640cfs. With the inflows of 528cfs and dropping now, continue to watch the releases for another drop. At 640cfs even the biggest burliest wader will have trouble wading the river. I would continue to wait till flows drop below 600cfs as there are not many places where you can cross the river at these flows. The good news is there will be places where you can fish the edge of the river you’re standing on, but use extreme caution, don’t proceed if you can’t see or feel the bottom of the river in front of you with your wading staff (another must have item in high flows, if you don’t have one GET ONE and use it).
Also it is important to understand that the recent 3000cfs flows will have changed the river bottom in many places. Don’t assume the river you are trying to fish is the same as last year. Assume it changed and take your time to avoid going under. If you do get dunked in your waders (always use a wading belt and keep it tight) swim perpendicular to the bank and don’t stop till you get there. Never try to swim against the current! Assume the current will carry you downstream some distance and look for your exit spot there. Once on the bank, then dump excess water out of your waders and go get into some dry cloths to avoid hypothermia. This is a good time to think about bringing a change of clothes, from your head to your toes, and a towel for just such a reason. BE SAFE out there !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jimbo
Good question, Dustin Scott is doing most the work on the forum. He started out talking to me when I asked and it sounded like: Blah. blah, blah,…. I’m a flint and steel guy whose understanding of electronic devices and softwear ends with the electric blub. He did say something about it being easier for those joining to be automatically entered into the LAP member data base. Other than that I’m clueless.
I liked the old forum myself, but I can’t design any softwear or a website, so I don’t have a choice about it.
Jimbo
schmitz
When it’s real cold, ski gloves work the best being waterproof. When it’s warmer just good old cheap leather work gloves. They get wet but it doesn’t really matter. You make the call, their your hands after-all.
Jimbo
Matt ATX
You’re going to need those waders, forecast has the low in the morning in the mid-40’s. Wading wet is not an option in those temps !!!! Dress in layers so as it warms up and you work up a sweat you can peal layers off.
Jimbo
Bruce02
We actually stock 12,000lbs of Rainbows and 2,000lbs of Browns…..
As far as GBRA dropping the flows, they have made no announcements yet. There is about 150cfs difference between the inflows to the lake and the releases. I do expect they will start dropping releases soon, but I don’t know when. One thing for sure they won’t drop the flows just because we want to wade fish.
Jimbo
Mhamletts
We don’t stock more Browns because of the cost. Right now Rainbows cost $5.50/lb Browns cost $8.30/lb and we are trying to hold down the ever increasing costs of the LAP. We don’t stock Cutthroats or Brookies, because they really need colder water to survive. Browns can take a little warmer temps than Rainbows, but not by much. What we are looking for is hopefully Browns will holdover and spawn with greater success than the Rainbows, but that to is not proven yet.
Jimbo
We need a minimum of about 30 volunteers to handle the necessary bucketing needed at some sites. That being said water temps and flows are so good this fall we could stock just about anywhere. So the more hands the merrier. Most years we have so many volunteers on the first stocking you have to take turns carrying the Trout to the water. A few years we have so many volunteers we actually create a traffic jam on River Road. We will have 2 more Rainbow Trout stockings and the next one will be the more labor intensive as we really spread them out and we’ll need the most hands. The Brown Trout stocking we don’t need as many, a minimum of about 20 volunteers are needed because there’s just a few places to stock. The Fishery Committee is just about finished up deciding on our stocking strategy and how many total sites we want to stock. It’s going to be a good season!
Jimbo
We will have 4 stockings this season, 3 Rainbow stockings and 1 Brown stocking.
We should be through stocking by 1pm, but you can also leave anytime you want to meet other schedules.
Jimbo
kennthwobler
I would like everyone to give them 24hours to acclimate before fishing for them.
Jimbo
It is very surprising. I talked to Dan and they tried everything. They should have caught something, Perch, Bass, or even Stripers, something !?!, but nothing struck in the high flows. I am thinking it had more to do with the weather and the mood of the fish than the lack of fish. We had good numbers of Rainbows and Browns in the tubers loop before the flows went up. I believe they are still there, and once things settle down they will show up in our nets. That being said flows went up a little to 824cfs and it’s still too high to try wade fishing.
Jimbo
