Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Brookies Do Eat During Winter

I was beginning to doubt brook trout eat in the winter.  Past couple trips have been rough catching wise.  I was planning on using last Saturday as a day to explore a new brookie stream, but changed my mind on the drive. I hit a stream that has produced well for me in the past, but also had other options close by just incase the trout decided to be lockjawed that day.  Glad I did because the fishing was slow on Stream A.  I managed to catch three brookies, but they were glued to the bottom and had to be worked hard for.





I thought at first this was a bear, but after talking to some people, seems like a Pileated Woodpecker was the culprit. Destructive little birds they are.

Decided to head to Stream B and see if it was fishing any better.  It was a little bigger of a stream, and while it gets a lot more pressure, it tends to hold bigger fish.  Stream B brookies were a lot more willing to play.

Stream B



Lunch: Pita Bread and Summer Sausage.


 
Better trout of the day.

I think this was man made.

Glad to finally hit a stream on a day where the trout are active.  While I enjoy just being out in God's country, I do occasionally like to catch fish.  Thanks for reading.


6 comments:

  1. Nice job, winter trout can be tough to move

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  2. Awesome catches! I like the looks of those streams, WTMA's?

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    1. National Forest. One of the streams has a road that goes along side of it. Virginia unfortunately likes to do that sort of thing haha.

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  3. Well done.
    Those brook trout held up very well over the winter.

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    1. Thanks and that they have. Good summer/fall water levels and mild temps probably helped too.

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