Alex Argyros
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As I’ve said before, almost all the browns we put into Kanz were lying on their back. We turned them over and tried to revive them, but I suspected that many of them wouldn’t make it. When I fished Kanz a few days later, I saw many dead browns, and other anglers reported seeing their share of dead fish.
Lazy L&L has been a LAP site for many years now, and continues to be so. Jimbo answer refers to how long the lease is active this year.
Wild rainbows spawn in the spring. However, ours are anything but wild. Hatchery raised rainbows can spawn in the fall. In fact, like you, I’ve seen our recent immigrants exhibiting spawning behaviors.
Spinning for trout can be an elegant and refined way of pursuing them. Not only do I not have problems with spin fisherman, I admire them. That is, except the ones who use plugs with multiple sets of treble hooks. Using a lure with a single barbless hook is no different than fishing a streamer.
I might be able to fit you in, JC, but first you have to show me a certificate proving that you successfully passed a trout diversity training. Remember, no micro-aggressions against trout that identify as bass.
Seriously, it was fun, and Paul made it easy because he’s a natural fisherman.
And Kevin, I tried the #5 to Pott’s stretch once in early Fall looking for holdovers (and found none). I’m planning on trying it again soon.
Thanks. Have you fished with these yet?
The reason to stock Kanz will be apparent four to five months from now. There will still be some trout in the area, but fewer and fewer anglers. The fishing there can be very interesting in late spring and early summer.
I couldn’t make the stocking. Could someone tell me which leases were stocked?
Alex
There will be two more this season.
Alex
Good tip, Ron. And if you tie flies, smash the barb before you start tying.
Have the browns make it up to #5 yet?
Actually, may of them are dead. The ones we released in some of the leases did not look very healthy. In one lease in particular, a large number of them lay on their side struggling to survive. We moved water through their gills and moved them to moving water, and they seemed to be okay, but I suspect many of them succumbed to delayed mortality.
Btw, the problem, in my view, lies with the hatchery. GRTU members did all they could to make the transfer to our river as smooth as possible.
If you can, the middle of the week would be best. And get to the river as early as possible. Fishing is usually better if you’re the first to try to fool fish that day. However, the bite can turn on any time, so there’s no hard and fast rule.
I forgot to add that knowing you know nothing is a great start. Socrates would be proud.
There is no better way to get to know the river than to attend the stockings. That way, you’ll know where the lease sites are and, of equal importance, you’ll get to talk to some pretty knowledgeable anglers. And, naturally, you’ll be doing your bit to make our river into the wonderful fishery it is.
