Rpt: Crowley 9/2-9/5!

DreamCatcher · Sep-05-2005, 11:21 PM

Headed up to Crowley on Friday at about 5pm to pre fish for the double haul ina couple weeks and get a feeling about how its going to be this year. Hit pretty much no traffic at all and got to Rock Creek at abuot 11:30 and set up camp.

Saturday:
Woke up at 5:30 and headed Crowley to fish Leighton Springs. Got there about 6 and saw that the lake is at the highest level I have seen it in like 7 years! It was pretty much full, the water was up against the cliffs on the Green Banks side. But ya Ryan, Pat, my dad and me launched at about 6:30 and fished for a total of 2 trout, 1 perch, and 1 other weird fish. It was dead as hell and I only got one hit all day and it was an 18" rainbow. I kicked and fished from Leighton Springs across the lake down the Green Banks to the Owens and back for 1 hit and one fish! Talked to like 4 other people who didnt catch nothing and got skunked the day before there too! It sucked!

Sunday:
Decided to go check out McGee Bay. Got there about 6 and launched at about 6:30 and made the 45 minute paddle to the fishing spot across the lake. Got there and bam hook-up. Land a nice 19" Brown, and this continued pretty steady all day for us. Nothing wide open at all but they were BIG fish! I caught 12 fish that day and they were one 18" rainbow, 19" brown, 21" rainbow, and 24" cutthroat! Plus a few 14-17" rainbows and browns. Ryan, my dad, and Pat all caught nice fish 18"-22" too. All the fish were down deep, way deep! We were all streaming and doing the best out of everyone out there. All the midgers and guide boats werent catching crap, and were complaining how slow fishing was, the fish were moving around to much, fish were to deep, midges arent working this year, this sucks! lol I talked to alot of them and thats all they wud say, the fish are deep and been like this all year.

Monday:
Went back to McGee Bay for a 1/2 day, and it was the same as the day before lots of nice big fish down deep and the midgers not doing anything but falling asleep and complaining. After awhile i noticed the guide boats putting out full singing line like we have and slow trolling like they were in a float tube cuz they saw us all catching fish. Pretty funny watching that and they still caught nothing! All I can say is the fish are deep, midges werent working, streamers were(brown matuka, joes/daves hoppers, hornbergs, purple, and black).

I REALLY hope it stays like this for Double Haul because this is the perfect style of fishing for me and the fish are big! So lets hope it dont change or they dont lower the lake, which I think they are going to! Ryan has a few pics so hopefully he will post them!

Reel Crazy · Sep-05-2005, 11:43 PM

Nice job Josh. Sounds like you had a good time. Hope to see the pics soon.

DreamCatcher · Sep-06-2005, 12:02 AM

Hey Jeff! Ya it was fun, did you go out this weekend for tuna or dorado??? We are going out on Saturday if you want to buddy boat??

TheShark · Sep-06-2005, 12:12 AM

Streamers worked for you? Right on-

This is good to know-
Which ones were working for you?

See you at the DoubleHaul

Reel Crazy · Sep-06-2005, 12:33 AM

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Originally Posted by DreamCatcher

Hey Jeff! Ya it was fun, did you go out this weekend for tuna or dorado??? We are going out on Saturday if you want to buddy boat??

No I didn't go out. I tried to put a last minute trip together but it didn't pan out. :104167739
I'll check my calendar for next weekend and let you know.

fishymeister · Sep-06-2005, 02:59 PM

Ahhhhh....I'm at work right now, I'll post what little pics I have when I get home......

DreamCatcher · Sep-06-2005, 05:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheShark

Streamers worked for you? Right on-

This is good to know-
Which ones were working for you?

See you at the DoubleHaul

Alot of flies worked, I think it was more about having the right kinda line. We all have full sink type 5 line. But Joes/Daves Hoppers, hornbergs, brown matukas, purple, black, and red all worked.

TheShark · Sep-06-2005, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by DreamCatcher

Alot of flies worked, I think it was more about having the right kinda line. We all have full sink type 5 line. But Joes/Daves Hoppers, hornbergs, brown matukas, purple, black, and red all worked.

Right on -
I have a few of those

fishymeister · Sep-07-2005, 07:33 PM

Here's some pics, though not much since we were in tubes............

first lake above rock creek lake....forgot the name

cute little brown

legal rainbow

legal brown - my biggest ever (21 1/2 in.), about three times the size of my previous caught 2 years ago (7 in)

2nd shot showing measurements of legal brown (sorta)

josh with a legal

shit load of trout in crooked creek about 50 feet past where you can't fish.....doh!

Smitty · Sep-07-2005, 08:09 PM

Very very nice.......

Fishymeister...damn dude, that is one LOADED creek! Sweet pics of the fish too.

The first lake up rock creek is Mack Lake......pretty lake.

fishymeister · Sep-07-2005, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Smitty

Very very nice.......

Fishymeister...damn dude, that is one LOADED creek! Sweet pics of the fish too.

The first lake up rock creek is Mack Lake......pretty lake.

Yeah Mack...That's it!

Thanks, but let me put it like this: all of your reports= Giant golden
Our report= 6 in. stocker

DreamCatcher · Sep-08-2005, 05:13 PM

Thanks for the pictures Ryan! We gotta make sure we try and fish Crooked Creek when we go up for Double-Haul. I will call you tomorrow about going to Marriotts.