Believe it or not, there are all kinds of fish at Beavers Bend right now. They must have sneaked in when we weren't looking.
Fishing Report 6/6/09-6/7/09
The Lower Mountain Fork River– Zone 1 in Beaver’s Bend
is fishing, to my surprise,
GOOD.
After the recent flooding, I was expecting the conditions to be tough because of all the reports I had read and pictures I had seen on a number of forums.
Even after making my stroll up Evening Hole it was hard to keep my spirits up because it looked so different than it did just two months ago and there was some significant damage throughout.
It was kind of a shock to see but I think
the best way to approach it is to treat it like a brand new river. There will be some work involved in attempting to find the fish and it will require some recon on your part because the river is a bit reconfigured. But if you put in the effort, you will find the fish.
With the temperature heating up with the summer months, your best bet will be the deepest slow moving holes/pockets along the river. We found a number of these throughout Zone 1. The exciting part was we were fishing parts of the river we normally do not fish because the river is running a little a differently now but nonetheless we were finding more trout than we thought we would. And not only were we catching trout, we landed some bass, sand bass, and even a walleye!
Is this a bass master? Found in the Beavers Bend trout stream.
You've seen it here. A walleye at Beavers Bend. Worth catching!
Most (we lost count) of the trout we landed were recently stocked (6/4/09) rainbows in the 10-12” range but we saw A LOT of “survivors” (term we coined to describe the larger trout that made it through the floods and did not get washed away into the Gulf) in the deep holes. We turned a handful of them, lost a few during the fights, and Wes landed a nice 19” rainbow trout.
Throw him back. You catch him next!
The best option to go after a solid “survivor” with some size is to focus on the deep holes and fish deep. The lower you can get your midge patterns or
san juan
worms, the better. If you have confidence fishing deep you will be rewarded with a nice trout or have the surprise of a largemouth, sandbass, or walleye on the end of your line.
If you are thinking about heading up to Beaver’s Bend to fly fish (which you should consider doing), you should prepare yourself for the shock of seeing the river for the first time after the floods. It will no doubt look a lot different from the last time, but there are still plenty of trout to be landed. Treat it like a brand new river and understand it might take some effort to find the fish because they have more than likely relocated out of those favorite places along the river you once fished. But you can definitely find some new favorite spots in Zone 1 that will hold fish and you will have just as much fun/success...We did!!
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