Fished with Kevin A. from Louisville and his buddy Mike from Las Vegas. The Corps was running water through the sluice gate at 3,000 plus cfs. If you guys and gals have been watching the flow, it was at the 9,000 until just a couple of days ago and the water temps were right at the 60 degree mark. Now the water temps are between 51-53 degrees. The fish were hitting, but the take was oh so subtle. There were so many times in which I swore the rig was bumping the bottom and there was a fish on it. Now once the fish was hooked there was a great fight, but with the colder water and decent flow the fish weren't super interested in hitting. We caught over thirty fish and a handful or more were in the slot. Those slot fish really fought with some spunk and we hooked into a couple thick browns that seemed to hug the bottom forever. Peach and yellow were the egg patterns that produced the most. The "cheese" yellow is a light yellow that has really been producing a lot of fish over the past few weeks, even better than some of the tried and true colors. Hope it still keeps on going and going...
School is starting soon and many of my August and September dates are being taken. I do have next Thursday and Friday open if anyone is interested.
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