Over the last week I have guided a variety of fishing trips and can say without a doubt that we are enjoying some excellent fishing on freshwater and while the striper fishing is still slow in the Saint George there are fish in the river.
On freshwater the largemouth and smallmouth bass fishing has
been good to excellent using spinning and fly fishing tackle. The hot weather did slow things down for a day or so mid week. The cooler weather of the last couple of days and a little rain combined to remove the impact of the heat this weekend. Over the years I have developed specific fly patterns for some of the local lakes and ponds and they really make the difference for my fly casters. With spinning gear the color preferences have definitely changed from last summer but not so much that it was impossible to figure out.
In the freshwater section of the Saint George the alewife fry become an important food source for all of the predator species including yellow perch. Over the next couple of months this food source becomes more and more important determining where and how I fish with my clients. I would guess that today’s rain will move that process forward quite a bit.
This coming week has a few open days and I am planning to get my desk work caught up and maybe even go fishing myself. With any luck though someone will call and the desk work can wait.
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