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Post by mirvc17 on Nov 15, 2014 19:30:15 GMT -6
All,
I wound up fish-less today out west here at Medicine Park. If you're not familiar, Medicine Park is a deep, slow moving "creek" fed by a spill over from a lake. I tried several combos of dual nymphs on a long leader, a sinking leader with a beadhead wolly bugger, etc. The main "hole" at Medicine Park is surrounded by bait anglers.
Do you have any strategy for fishing in these conditions, or should I have just packed up and moved upstream. The fish in the main hole are bombarded with lines, bait and lures all day. I'm sure many of the fish are flat out spooked. However, a couple of guys were reeling them in on occasion. One guy I was about to help net his fish lost an 18"+ that bent the snot out of his hook. He got him on some kind of pink spinner.
I have worked the parameter of this main hole, working the shallow edges, as I've seen big trout cruising water that most people overlook. Anyway, I think I may be kidding myself I'm going to do well fishing amongst these guys and I should probably move to a place without anyone else. Thoughts?
-JP
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Post by slim on Nov 15, 2014 23:58:53 GMT -6
Simplest way is to hike up or down stream until you can get away from them.
Or, wait until next spring and hike back in to Yellowstone. For sure you can escape crowds there if you don't mind hiking a few miles.
My wife had them casting over her at LMF Wednesday.
slim
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Post by dannys on Nov 16, 2014 3:28:53 GMT -6
Simplest way is to hike up or down stream until you can get away from them. Or, wait until next spring and hike back in to Yellowstone. For sure you can escape crowds there if you don't mind hiking a few miles. My wife had them casting over her at LMF Wednesday. slim Slim tagged it. The safest thing to do is to get out of their way. I've experienced the same as Slim's wife on the LMF. Man and son decided to cast their bait across my fly line. I really do believe they know no better--OK, I prefer to believe they know no better, but I'm likely wrong there.. |
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Post by slim on Nov 16, 2014 21:40:35 GMT -6
Try increasing your intimidation factor. (IF)
These shirts are available in Wharton, TX.
slim again
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Post by alv on Dec 24, 2014 15:05:10 GMT -6
That shirt doesn't work on the two guys with the banjo and guitar............
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Post by slim on Dec 24, 2014 15:43:35 GMT -6
That's right all.
In particular the guy using the dynamite.
Others include the "fisherman" using frog gigs, and scuba gear at LMF.
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Post by stephenl on Jul 30, 2015 16:29:06 GMT -6
I've only experienced this condition at beavers bend. Here in Texas we have more courtesy.
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Post by dainw on Jul 31, 2015 9:31:24 GMT -6
Well Stephen, in my experience, 90% of the people at Beaver's Bend are from Texas, so what does that tell ya?
I'm just kidding of course. It probably doesn't happen in Texas because there aren't many trout streams in Texas. Trout is a popular species to fish for, both fly and spin, which means a lot of people on the river and when you get a lot of people together, there are bound to be a few that don't know the rules/etiquette.When I go small mouth fishing I don't tend to run into this issue, but then again I rarely see anyone else out fishing for smallmouth when I'm on the river.
Plus trout stream etiquette is going to be different for different rivers and even different parts of the river. For example, etiquette on opening day at a trout park in Missouri might mean you're fishing elbow to elbow. On the LMF, depending on the crowds you could have another angler 10 yards from you or 50 yards from you. And what's considered proper distance from another angler in the evening hole would be rude in zone II. So it's all relative. My experience at the LMF is that most people have been pretty courteous though.
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Post by stephenl on Jul 31, 2015 14:17:22 GMT -6
The number one game fish in East Texas is larger mouth bass.
You don't get the elbow to elbow crowds at the lake though.
And yes most visitors to BB are Texans, it's so close.
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Post by dainw on Jul 31, 2015 15:04:09 GMT -6
But you can fish for largemouth bass literally anywhere. Lake, river, pond you name it. Broken Bow is the only quality trout fishery within a 5 hour radius of Dallas, Shreveport and OKC, and most of the people that fish there fish within the 2 and a half mile stretch from the evening hole. If there was only one 2 and half mile stretch to catch largemouth bass within a 5 hour radius of all those places I can guarantee you that stretch would be elbow to elbow as well.
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Post by stephenl on Jul 31, 2015 15:13:03 GMT -6
I try to not get upset with anyone, I'm there to fish.
If someone, bait caster or fly caster, fishes on top of me, I'll move on.
I've had a lot of guides muscle their way in .
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Post by paul01 on Aug 1, 2015 10:04:08 GMT -6
If someone stands so close to me that they are in danger of being hooked when I false cast, I will politely inform them that they are standing in a spot that is not safe for them, which (thus far) has always gotten them to move on. Regardless of the fishing pressure, no one should ever squeeze in to the point where they have put themselves in danger of being hooked by another angler. In my experience on the LMF, this is a bigger problem than someone trying to muscle you out of a spot.
Perhaps the issue that irks many of us the most is when people kill unlawful numbers or sizes of fish. It would be helpful if someone on this forum could post the phone numbers for the appropriate law enforcement personnel (DWC agents, or Park Rangers?) so that we can immediately inform them that we have just witnessed someone breaking wildlife regulations.
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