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Posted: Sat May 25, 2019 8:24 pm
Check out those caddis getting down. Anyone doing good on the sulphur hatch? Saw some coming off but no risers.
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Those are the same wild brown, and I was asking myself that same question. We do have some from a couple nearby tribs that contribute a few wild browns to Point Mountain.
How are the summer temps at pt mountain? If i remember isn't there some limestone in there. Have not been down that way in years.Rusty Spinner wrote: ↑Wed Jun 12, 2019 12:04 pmThose are the same wild brown, and I was asking myself that same question. We do have some from a couple nearby tribs that contribute a few wild browns to Point Mountain.
I consider Point Mountain to be the start of the Musky's year round trout water, so good regarding temps. Some years we lose the stocked trout above Pt. Mtn., but not in the TCA or downstream of there all the way to the big D. A cold trib enters above Penwell on river right and another closer to the dam on river left which both help. And it does have limestone groundwater interface as we proved on our restoration of 1/3 a mile in the middle a few summers ago now. We dug up a bunch of decaying limestone where you could clearly see the water marks as the bedrock was eroding over time from the water that flows like it is going through a sponge and not bedrock.joe_panella wrote: ↑Wed Jun 12, 2019 12:33 pmHow are the summer temps at pt mountain? If i remember isn't there some limestone in there. Have not been down that way in years.Rusty Spinner wrote: ↑Wed Jun 12, 2019 12:04 pmThose are the same wild brown, and I was asking myself that same question. We do have some from a couple nearby tribs that contribute a few wild browns to Point Mountain.
One of life's great mysteries is why some rivers see mainstem spawning and others see nearly all spawning in the tributaries. The Musky continues to be listed as TM waters and not TP although there is limited reproduction in areas in the Musky. The habitat is there, so I'm not sure why browns and brookies don't spawn more in that river.joe_panella wrote: ↑Wed Jun 12, 2019 9:03 pmWhat does the musky lack in regards to in stream spawning. How can it be increased and have you documented any in the areas you restored.
Unfortunately the wild browns didn't come out of Pt Mountain, I only managed holderover stockies there. The browns were from a stream I fished Friday evening. They came on sulphur soft hackles.Rusty Spinner wrote: ↑Wed Jun 12, 2019 12:04 pmThose are the same wild brown, and I was asking myself that same question. We do have some from a couple nearby tribs that contribute a few wild browns to Point Mountain.