Flatrock Fish Report June 30, 2013

Paul and I fished the Flatrock on Sunday June 30^th. The gauge at St. Paul was at .92 when we started and at .94 when we left. At .92/.94 there was all the water we wanted to wade. I would recommend that anything above that is unsafe and unfishable. We have fished the Flatrock at lower gauge readings and it is a pleasant and productive little river with some nice Smallies. It even fished well during the drought when the gauge read .45 in June of 2012 (see pic # 21 on the 2012 the web gallery).

We each caught 4 Smallies and a number of panfish and there were some nice fish in the long distance release category. We took fish both looking up and on weighted “Bloomington Minnows.” Panfish on small poppers were easy, the Smallies were not moving very far to take a fly. A lot of the wading was mid thigh and even belly button deep in a place or two. Again, I would not recommend making the trip if the stream flow was above .94 at St. Paul.

Tim

Fish Report Lake Monroe

We went to Fairfax last Sunday and the lake was/is up 3+ feet. Didn’t catch any Wipers but I have report that they are starting to bite… at least for some people. The brushy parts of the lake are flooded and full of Carp, hundreds and hundreds of spawning Carp. They put on quite a show and I have a report that they can be caught when they are not actively doing you know what.
Tim M