Creek fishing

[peterk1234]

Weekends on the well known rivers are an exercise in frustration. Great time to go with family into the mountains to enjoy solitude and hungry trout. What a great day. Solitude.

 

[kansasdad]

Nothing better than wet wading a crick (even smaller than a creek) and barely wetting your kneecaps, picking out the holes where the big ones (> 12 inches) hang out and fooling them.

Looks like a great day afield

 

[Pack'n It]

That looks amazing. I have fished the Animas a few times and really enjoyed it. Down here in MS we take cane poles to the creeks and pull in shell crackers. It's always a fun time with the kids.

 

[EastTNHunter]

I love fishing the overlooked places that provide solitude. I even catch a fish occasionally

 

[bowhuntmontana]

Creeks are a sanity-keeper for me in the summer. Perfect for a little adventure, a relief from the heat, and they hold some treasures.

 

[peterk1234]

Day two. Brought my neighbor to our special spot. What a rippin fun time. I barely fished. I just watched my daughter and neighbor have the time of their life. You couldn't pay for this type of fun. Had to have caught 50 cutthroat. Countless were lost. What a great four days of fun. Two days on the raft and two days in the mountains. All it cost me was gas.... worth every penny.

 

[Bambistew]

I love fishing creeks. We got a couple last week in MT when I was "home". The amount of traffic on the river is sickening, vs 5 miles off the river, on an overgrown road leading to a stream loaded with fish. I stopped fishing after catching and releasing 34 fish in about 2 hours. My all time record on this stream is 42 in 1.5 hrs on a hopper fly. So much water too little time.

 

[Beignet]

Looks like one of you is fishing glass rods? The blue one. That’s the right way to fish a creek.

 

[shrapnel]

Nothing like a creek to bring out the kid in you…

 

[trackerbacker]

Nothing like a creek to bring out the kid in you…


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Ditto

Can't help myself, especially with the kids, to act like that

Sure, some of the more pedestrian anglers get upset, more so if I'm spinning for trout, but that's their issue.

Congrats on creating memories

 

[mevertsen]

I really enjoy creek and small water fishing. Much more fun.

Although, I live in a desert, so we don't have major rivers or many big lakes to fish. LOL.

 

[mountainlaurel3]

This weekend's creek in the San Juans. Not huge fish, but they sure were pretty.

 

[R.K.]

Creeks are just plain fun- typically have the place to yourself, and the fish are willing.

 

[Gellar]

I’ve been spending hot days on small spring fed creeks and rivers in the Driftless Region. Nothing huge but it’s been fun and refreshing wading in the cool water! The last photo was taken by another hunt talker who randomly pulled into the parking lot while I was unloading my canoe. He had no plans to fish that day, but decided to come along after I invited him. We ended up catching a few nice brown trout and lots of small smallmouth bass.

 

[RKstillhunt'n]

Weekends on the well known rivers are an exercise in frustration. Great time to go with family into the mountains to enjoy solitude and hungry trout. What a great day. Solitude.

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Looks peaceful