Went fishing on the Gunnison River,Co with my friend Chet that has lung cancer.He’s the one that caught his biggest Largemouth in Colorado on one of my posts two ...more months ago! They found out recently that he has lymph node cancer now! He’s pretty resilient so I’m praying he’ll make it through! Well back to the Fishing he ended up catching his largest Bow on this section a 19 1/4” chunk!! He had a great day with some really quality Bows and Browns caught mostly on a 1/8 oz Crappie Jig!
I had a few hours to fish before having dinner with some relatives today.So I hit an old gravel pit lake where I stuck this 21” around 6 lb full bodied beauty on ...more an Orange Craw colored 5” Senko Style Worm!
With the temps in the upper 90’s,low water,and shallow weedy shoreline the bite was really tough from shore! I lost a nice 4lb Largie a few feet from me because ...more I tried to lift it up over a hump of weeds instead of getting my feet wet! What a bonehead move! I then preceded to only land a few fish walking the shoreline so I decided to go up to the Dam where I landed this nice 18” 3 1/2 + lb Largie on a 1/4 oz Minnow Head Jig with a Zoom Fat Albert Grub!
With the temps pushing the upper 90’s I opted to go Trout Fishing over Bass fishing! I ventured into the Black Canyon where the temps where 10-15 degrees cooler! ...more I ended up landing 28 Trout but 10 of them where really small! The Bows are starting to get bigger and almost equal to the Browns in numbers.The best fish was this beautiful Bow which was a lot fatter than the picture shows because of the angle in which the pic was taken! A Rapala Countdown was the best Bow producer towards the evening! C & R always!
Despite an unusually slow day on the water I hooked this 19” 4 lb Largemouth on a 130 Whopper Plopper! I was rolling it over a weed bed and as it went over a drop ...more off channel she nailed it! She got her entire body out of the water trying to throw the hooks! She had a front and back hook in her so she wasn’t coming off! Definitely made up for a slow day!
Most fish were caught on a Dynamic J-Spec Firecraw color Jerkbait but the best fish was caught on a Rapala Countdown in the Hot Mustard Muddler pattern!
I fished with a friend today on the Gunnison River and he showed me a new spot where I preceded to land my first two Lake Trout(biggest one was 24 1/2” which is ...more a smaller one)! I did however lose a bigger one close to shore (approx. 7+ lber)! I ended up landing 16 mostly Browns all on Jerkbaits which also included a nice fat 18” Brown! This is below Blue Mesa Res in Colorado where the state record Laker is 50 + lbs! We did have one follow to within 10 ft of shore in slack water that was in the 20-30lb range! I don’t have a boat so hopefully someday I’ll get out with someone and try for a monster on the Reservoir!
I fished the Gunnison River in Western Colorado with blazing temps in 80-90+ degree range today! I ended up landing 39 Trout mostly on 2 3/4”-3” Jerkbaits! All ...more Browns except for one Rainbow which was the last and biggest fish of the day! No matter what the temps are this River produces pretty much year round!
After waking up to hear of the passing of my Uncle in Georgia whom was batting mesothelioma and was really struggling to breath! I went out to fish for some Largemouth ...more with my friend Chet whom is battling Lung Cancer! He preceded to catch his biggest Colorado Largemouth around 6 lbs on a Weighted Tube! Then within an hour I landed a 4 lber on a 5” Senko! So balancing the emotions with the loss of my Uncle and my friend battling cancer it took a turn for a somewhat positive ending!
