It'll get steadily better from here on out

It certainly wasn’t like last weekend’s active fish feeding in current, but it wasn’t terrible, like the last few weeks prior to that, either. The flood conditions following all the snow and snow melt the last 4 days had the water temps down a bit, and had the lethargic fish milling around in spots out of the direct current flow.

Jim & I found the fish well up river from last week’s hot locations, but with a slow bite, we couldn’t resist the urge to take a ride down river looking for more active fish, any way. That was probably a mistake, as we invested an hour in driving, looking and casting at a few very mobile and not very hungry pods of fish, with only one fish to show for it.

It didn’t take us long to decide to head back to the fish we’d left an hour earlier. They weren’t exactly on fire, but at least they were biting a little. We managed 53 between us in a half day on the water. For the most part, they were on the smaller side, although I did start the day with a solid keeper sized fish.

Best fish of the day on the last day of February.

We’ve finally gotten a less than stellar February out of the way, and from here on out, the fishing should get better and better for the next 6 weeks or so.

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