Since an article by John Merwin came out in Field and Stream or Sports Afield a few years ago the White has been flooded with Corn chuckers and Power Bait slingers. Thank goodness we still have the river to ourselves from after Labor Day to Memorial Day. It makes me sick to see a "guide" and his clients anchor in front of my dock chumming with corn. The next day there will be several dead trout laying on the bottom of the river. They are fishing ( if that is what they call it) legally. I still have some secluded spots I know of to get away from some of this. Red and lime green Power Bait can be seen floating down the river all summer, it is a turnoff. Tony [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Dr. Doug Miller" wrote: > Murf - I have to admit that on my first trip to Michigan > (my wife's home state) I was appalled at the pheasant "put > and take" policy. Why not just throw one up and shoot > it! Trout fishing in Southern Oklahoma is a lot like > that, I'm afraid. Back to the fish oil. . .I have been in > OK for almost 9 years. I have fished that River 3 times > now. It is beautiful - lots of pools, riffles, small > waterfalls. REALLY hard to wade because of the multitude > of boulders. Challenging - I was making 8 foot casts last > time because of the canopy of cedar over my head - mostly > pulling my line till my rod got eniough tension to sling > the fly past the end of my rod. But there's just something > odd about Day-Glo Green Powerbait floating by that puts me > off! I did see something there I have never seen > before. In one of the larger pools, there is a stump about > 6 feet from shore beneath a big pecan tree. As I was > wading towards it, I noticed a squirrel way out on a limb, > just over that stump. There was a pecan on that stump and > the squirrel was determined to get it. Poor thing swayed > back and forth for a while before getting enough courage > to leap from branch to stump. No sooner had it landed > that the biggest bass I have seen in Oklahoma leaped out > of the water and nailed that squirrel! I couldn't believe > my eyes! I stood there astounded. A few moments went by > and there was a slight disturbance in the water and that > bass surfaced and put another pecan on that stump! C > ya!Doug > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 8:05 AM > Subject: Re: [VFB] Fish oil > > > > BTW - another Oklahoma nuance: people are > > encouraged to KEEP what they catch since there > > is no possible way for the fish to survive > > much past mid-April. The water gets far too > > warm for them to survive. > > Doug- Forget those purists on the list who may > not have read your last paragraph. Get some > salmon eggs, cod liver oil or some other healthy > vitamin for the fish and you won't be baiting > but promoting healthy fish. If this water is > not capable of sustaining trout past April, you > are fishing in an artificial environment. Catch > em and eat em, say I. > > OTOH, you are NOT fly fishing in the pure sense, > just fishing. Nothing wrong with that > considering the circumstances. Honey bugs, > green weenies (eastern style) and > nymphs/streamers would be appropriate since you > are not trying to match the hatch but catch the > fish in its aquarium. Scent will likely get the > hook deeper in the trout so bring your creel. > > Murf > > Dr. Douglas R. Miller > Pastor
