Good weather strikes again....
Williams Creek Reservoir is an interesting place. With the days getting shorter it's impossible to do the things we wanted to do and still get on the road before DEER:30 between Pagosa and Bayfield. One time there we hit a frenzy, low pressure an eye in a storm, miserable weather and we caught a nice trout on every cast. Cuts, Brookies, Bows, Browns, just a frenzy. Since then we've caught Kokanee with some regularity but not Trout. We know they're there. We see them break the surface and we've held them in our hands. All that being said, we were dealt another semi-skunking today even with the boat!
Surface water temp was 47-50F and it was cloudy. We had the occasional bump on a jig but not much else. Again, we tried the whole collection of every Trout trusty lure out there. We didn't stoop so low as to use Powerbait, because that stuff is for kids, and not even the bright kids. I say semi-skunked because we did manage a Kokanee who provided a dinner, albeit not the most filling of dinners. In the afternoon the wind picked up and chased us off the lake. 2 foot waves are just a bit much for 2 horsepower in a 14' boat.
A good use for this blog, if any, is to look back at different times of the year and see where and when the fishing was happening. I'll do my best to note weather conditions too. I've noticed that in the last 2 weeks of skunky conditions, the weather has been gorgeous. A beautiful day AND a bundle of fish may be too much to ask for. The river seems to be another story, Travis from Fly Fish The San Juans has been tearing it up out there in the mornings. We've been reposting his shots on our Facebook Page.
Surface water temp was 47-50F and it was cloudy. We had the occasional bump on a jig but not much else. Again, we tried the whole collection of every Trout trusty lure out there. We didn't stoop so low as to use Powerbait, because that stuff is for kids, and not even the bright kids. I say semi-skunked because we did manage a Kokanee who provided a dinner, albeit not the most filling of dinners. In the afternoon the wind picked up and chased us off the lake. 2 foot waves are just a bit much for 2 horsepower in a 14' boat.
A good use for this blog, if any, is to look back at different times of the year and see where and when the fishing was happening. I'll do my best to note weather conditions too. I've noticed that in the last 2 weeks of skunky conditions, the weather has been gorgeous. A beautiful day AND a bundle of fish may be too much to ask for. The river seems to be another story, Travis from Fly Fish The San Juans has been tearing it up out there in the mornings. We've been reposting his shots on our Facebook Page.
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