solopaddler Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 Late March usually means steelhead but the particular river I fished on Sunday surprised me. Large numbers of holdover browns, fully recovered and voraciously hungry gave us consistent action. The water was extremely high with just a tinge of green, perfect really. Slower water called for long slender floats, light tippets and small baits. Twitching and rocking the float every so often made the small mostly white maribou jigs pulsate and triggered a lot of strikes. Also very effective was a small bead run in tandem with a micro white roe bag. The bead seems to attract the fish then they usually home in on the bag, or the finisher as I like to call it. Looking forward to later this week when the temps get warmer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercman Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 Man !!!! They are beauty That water looks some cold Mike.Thanks for the pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinnimon Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 Nice haul Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beginner Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 thats beaut!... looks very fragile but handle with care... thnx for sharing... so jealous.. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bucktail Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 Awesome dude!! Read an InFisherman about browns a few years ago and the Seeforlin strain likes to over winter, maybe this was a bunch, they seem to be from the same year class......you may email me where it is at any time !!!LOL Awesome fish congrats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 Nice looking fish man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Is King Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 Real nice fish! Congrats. Thanks for sharing the technique! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADB Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 Nice Browns, Mike! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCTFisher9120 Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 Nice fish man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDunn Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 Great browns Mike! Wish we had more of those up here! TDunn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishfield Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 How did you know it was gonna be such a nice sunny day.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skud Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 Beautiful fish those Browns are. Great pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jet Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 Nicely detailed and presented as always Mike! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spincast Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 Beauty way to start spring! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solopaddler Posted March 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 Thanks guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basskicker Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 Nice fish Mike..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiel Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 March Browns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corvette1 Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 nice brown's mike congrats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solopaddler Posted March 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 March Browns Yes the title was a play on words. I see at least one person figured it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dobee Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 nice catch mike! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silveradosheriff Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 Awesome shots! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyb Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 Not too shabby at all sir! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 it's a nice change from all the chrome!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehg Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 Getting browns while steelheading was always an excellent surprise. Nice pictures and report! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadadude Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 Nice fish....lots of Brownies around this year, every trib on the South shore had strong runs and lots of stuck around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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