StreamBottom
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I lob a big ole conehead zonker into the deep with the excitement of a kid on xmas eve.
It's quite graceful on a 3wt 😆
It's quite graceful on a 3wt 😆
Big, dark, mysterious holes
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JeffP
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Lots of pipe holes like this too!
sarce
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This...this is what lives there 😉
That's a 6 wt in the photo. Fly was a meat whistle fished on 16 lb mono tippet. Most people who fish this same stream use a dry dropper and 5-6x tippet. They wouldn't have a chance against a brown like this. I like to give myself the chance to actually land a monster in the rare instance one bites in daylight.
I have some friends who would kill me if I posted a pic of the pool it came from but it's the deepest pool on a small stream. 5-6' deep and so picturesque it ended up in an episode of a very popular TV show.
I do think if there's a downstream connection to a bigger trout stream, however marginal, the chance of a true monster occupying these deep pools goes up dramatically, especially in summer. Isolated deep pools on small mountain streams with limited or no migration prospects can produce nice fish but unless the food supply is insane they won't grow too large. Think 11-12" brook instead of 14-16", or 17-18" brown instead of 22"+.
That's a 6 wt in the photo. Fly was a meat whistle fished on 16 lb mono tippet. Most people who fish this same stream use a dry dropper and 5-6x tippet. They wouldn't have a chance against a brown like this. I like to give myself the chance to actually land a monster in the rare instance one bites in daylight.
I have some friends who would kill me if I posted a pic of the pool it came from but it's the deepest pool on a small stream. 5-6' deep and so picturesque it ended up in an episode of a very popular TV show.
I do think if there's a downstream connection to a bigger trout stream, however marginal, the chance of a true monster occupying these deep pools goes up dramatically, especially in summer. Isolated deep pools on small mountain streams with limited or no migration prospects can produce nice fish but unless the food supply is insane they won't grow too large. Think 11-12" brook instead of 14-16", or 17-18" brown instead of 22"+.
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5footfenwick
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Camp by it. Snorkel it. Then night fish it.
Bamboozle
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I only use lead when I get low on my stash of mercury filled glass capsules from old light switches & thermostats...
rustbeltwilds
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Cougarbaby
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I know them rocks lol ,
Cougarbaby
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I'd drift a micro dungeon with a split shot through there on my 3 wt and hang on, 8 lb tippet of course
CinnamonJoe
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I wonder if the crews are able to shock such depths during a survey? If so, would be interesting to know if they ever find a unicorn.
Joe
Joe
wildtrout2
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I asked that very question quite a while back. I don't recall the answer. Electrofishing does have limitations, depth-wise though.
JimKennedy
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Depends on whether they're using the backpack - lacrosse stick shockers (no, deep holes won't be affected) or the raft-carried big water shockers.
Maryland DNR did its first ever raft shocking of the Big Gunpowder a year or two ago and turned up some absolute monster brown trout, all in the stream's deep holes. Not spot burning here. Big Gunpowder gets pounded.
And there are reports posted online (you'll need to scroll through this one): https://static1.squarespace.com/sta...+Trout+Managment+in+the+Maryland+Piedmont.pdf
wildtrout2
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Wow! They really did turn up some monster browns.
