to find the open water very high and still off color. So I went to the project.
The fish there were all small, but beautiful brookies. They are not too particular, so I used a lot of buggers to catch them. It was so good to be back at a place that has so many memories., and man did I have a rush of memories. I kinda cut my teeth on Brookville, so it was like revisiting an old friend. That place always did and always will be one of my favorite places to fish.
got rained out at Brookville, so off to the club I went.
Seemed weird not waiting till 8 AM, but I got the day off right picking up 3 nice bows above the curve shortly after getting there. Caught one here, one there, etc and fished to around noon. Nothing to photograph, but the one I lost at the pavilion would have been photo worthy for sure.
Going to try to get to Brookville in the morning.
got to the club with Dan at daybreak, and with the cold temps, things started slowly.
As the day warmed up, so did the fishing. At the lower quad bridge (above it) I got into a pod of fish, some new, some old and caught at least a dozen fish on a bugger without moving my feet, including a really nice tagged tiger. There was a little boy there and I hooked a nice bow and handed the rod over to him, and after a 5 min battle he landed the fish. Something really cool about that.
We then went to the pavilion and had a few cold ones, ate some great cheese, bread, and the like and the generosity of the members never ceases to amaze me. Steaks on the grille was a feature treat.
Check out the big brown we stocked on Friday.
Great fishing, food, memories, and friendship is what the Yellow Creek Trout Club is all about.
On Tues I got 2 at the secret spot, and 2 more on 20. One of the fish on 20 was huge. Wed was a complete bust in Erie, but did manage 3 in Chautauqua Creek. Thurs I returned to Elk for 2 fish at the secret spot, nothing at lower end of Elk, and hooked one at Walnut.
Found 4 mile, but was not impressed. Did locate some nice water on upper 20, not a lot of fish, though.
The count might seem ok, but I was fishing from dawn till late afternoon, which is like a fish every 4 hrs. Put a million miles on the truck trying to find fish all over western NY and Pa, including a stop at Canadaway, where I couldn’t even find a place to park.