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Warm weather fishin' |
Fishin' with Captain Rich Greenough
Warmer is good.
The old retail adage expounded the three most
important things in retail: location, location and location. The
three most important things in spring fishing are: temperature,
temperature, and temperature. After the ice is gone the water
begins getting warmer around the shoreline and in the shallow
bays and harbors. It's this warmer water that increases the
fish's metabolism expanding their feeding activities. If this
water stayed in one place it would be easy to catch fish.
Unfortunately this is not the case. The lake wind and current
move this warmer water from location to location. Find this
warmer water and you'll find the fish.
It was here
yesterday... where did it go?
If you know you're going fishing Saturday,
check the weather on the lake throughout the week If it's been
warm on Wednesday and Thursday with light winds from the south
and on Friday the wind blows from the north, try checking the
south shore for the warmest water.
It's a Jungle
out there...
Salmon eat smelt and smelt eat little smelt!
That's pretty much a known fact. If you find the little smelt
then you'll find the big smelt. Now we know salmon eat big
smelt, so chances are you'll find the salmon. Turn up the
contrast on your fish finder and look for what seems to be an
underwater cloud. Check your downriggers for a clear like jelly
sticking to the cable. This jelly is actually the small smelt
that get stuck to your cables as you troll.
Speaking of
salmon...
Hey... with this warm weather it's going to
be hard to guess just when the fishin' will start gettin' good,
but judgin' from previous years it should start around May
15-18. If you're near Malletts Bay check out the areas around
Robinson's Point, the narrows between the inner and outer bay as
well as the drop off at the mouth of the Malletts Bay Creek.
Fish around 12'--15' feet and keep the speed down to around 1.2
to 1.6 knots.
Closer to Burlington, I really like the Red
Rocks area. Last year we had many doubles, salmon, lakers and
even a brown thrown in. Hey, it don't get no better than that.
An active outdoorsman, Rich enjoys ice-fishing and hunting and works for the US Fish and Wildlife Service as a Biological Technician on the Sea Lamprey Program. You can reach him at home by calling 802-878-5074, on the boat at 802-343-6054 or email him at surestrike@fishvermont.com Sure Strike Charters is on the web at www.fishvermont.com |
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