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Fishing: Time of Skamania strain summer-runs, river smallies, big bucketmouths and catfish(?)! See full story below......


Mrs. Anglin gets in touch with her inner hillbilly!

Anatomy of a very "slow day" on Cranberry Lake for first time fly fishers...
Casting lessons in the yard....

"Life Sucks" training session...

First fly caught fish experience...

Sol and Jonathan - 7/18

Vance - 7/17

Johnny and Lauren spankin' the smallies on the Joe!

Ken and Kay Hammer - 7/11

Scott and Johnny - 6/27

Larry and Brad - 6/21

Atta boy Vance! - 6/15 Tony looking "shoppy" - 6/20

The Low Down....

Steelhead:
The Skamania run has been characterized by fits and starts. A few good slugs of fish hit the Indiana creeks ealier this summer but the St Joe system has been feeble at best in my opinion. This was primarily weather/water temp related. For a couple of weeks I answered calls and emails daily asking, "Are they in yet"? My answer was simple....I have no idea because you could plow the river and the water temp was so high that I wouldn't have messed with them anyway. After some recon work the past 10 days I'm still reluctant to even bother looking for them.

I take pride in not harassing summer-runs when they are stressed and I'm not going to change now. Conditions remain sketchy for an ethical day of summer steelheading. Hopefully the situation will improve soon as I'm itching to go to battle with some Skams but the fact is I'd rather have them relatively safe and healthy in the Big Lake than come in and die of thermal stress like the one I saw belly up in South Bend last week.

Usually when most of these majestic fish hold off until late summer to migrate the fishing can be exceptional. When these fish haven't been through 3 or 4 bouts with bath water and dirt they tend to provide better sport and I am hoping that is what lies in wait around the next bend. Conditions willing hopefully the remainder of the summer and this fall will be fantastic!

Bass:
Largemouth: fishing remains good to excellent. Anytime you are dealing with bass there are days when the fishing simply never materializes. Last month, a never ending cycle of severe storms had taken its toll on any consistency that existed. Not to mention that I tried to stay off the water as often as possible with some lightening strikes 50 miles or more out ahead of the storms. I vaguely remember something about aluminum and graphite attracting lightning back in college....

So now that things have stabilized and we have established the summer pattern, fishing will be good. Most days fishing will be decent in the morning and late afternoon and evenings but night fishing will be my primary focus for the next few weeks. The best start times will be an hour or so before sunset.

Smallmouth: The St Joe has finally dropped and cleared....in a big way actually. The area received heavy rains the past couple days so I suspect the river will go off by Sunday or Monday but I doubt it will last too long. Fishing has been excellent....not great numbers but the size of the average fish has been impressive (see photos!). I would like to hit the river weekly through September so please give me a call and we can do a relaxing day on the water chasing this feisty, tenacious bass.

Musky:
Summertime....lots of boats! A rainy cold week would be phenomenal!

Turkey:
This past spring was the best AO turkey season ever. Including the bird I harvested, ten toms fell to the AO guns. Some amazing memories and I cannot wait for next season!

Some days are just better than others...a few of the highlights!

Bob Olson, Frank Leigner, Adam Olson - 6/14

This is what happens when saltwater poppers take a break in fresh water....

Victor Hu - 6/4

Mike and Phillip Drayton - 5/27

Michael Kamin and Alan Rubin - 5/24

Tom Risher - 5/4

Blake 4/29 Jeff - 4/25 Sean - 4/30

Max - 4/17 Stephen - 4/21

All work and no play makes Jay a dull boy - 4/22

Turkey Time

John Brown - 4/12

Trout Time!

"The Pug" returns to the same stretch of river 4 inches longer...

And he's pugnacious.....notice above how he pretends to be docile for a photo op and then tries to bite my arm off!

Doc and Paul - April 6th

Doc and Frank - April 5th

Baby Bluegill in early April? Huh?

April 3rd - Tony rattles up some early spring bass on Cranberry!

Richard and Lexi - When the fishing is tough Lexi falls back on wild leek digging! Ramp-O-Rama 2010

Keith, Nick and Jimmy- 3/26

Keith and Jimmy

Actual Photo from Nick's Camera

*Jim and Mike - 3/24*



*Jake and Sean Maloney - 3/23*


*Yellow Mamba!*

St Patty's Day - 2010 - Sean Maloney

Ole Road Dog Skamania Mania

                                                                                                                                                                                                 Background photo: Green Riffle, JWA

It'll all work out sweetheart....

jay@anglinoutdoors.com
574-210-2844

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Sean Riha - 12/22

Robert Tomes - Swingin' a BMF at dusk- December 2nd

November Champagne

Modern Art

Kevin Moffitt - 11/19 - Moffitt Angling System hook-ups

Frank Leigner - 11/13 - 16 inch wild brown

Vance Webb and Ian Miller - 11/12 - Full disclosure, this badass was taken with Ian's rig on a BMF while I was demonstrating good swinging technique. I hate that. Shit eatin' grins courtesy of the steelhead and Ian's Brandy Liqueur...photo by Vance.