Re: A camera testimonial

Dave LaCourse wrote: 
On Tue, 27 Dec 2005 20:46:47 -0500, Peter Charles
<minibrown_1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


During the coldest part of this period, this fish was hooked and
landed . . . .

http://www.mountaincable.net/~pcharles/coldwater.jpg 


Nice fish, Peter.  The Grand?

Some of the largest fish taken from the Rapid River were taken ice
fishing on Umbagog (lake the Rapid flows into).  Six and seven pound
brookies were not unusual.







Maybe stream trout in CO are a different beast, but I consider the trout
I've taken from streams during the Winter when the streams are running
their coldest, to be "ice cube trout". You can hook them with a nymph
dead drifted along the bottom of the deepest pools but when hooked, they
have virtually no fight to them. Not much fun. I don't know the
temperature of the water because I don't carry a thermometer, but based
on the limited amount of open water, I think the temps are around 32. If
the water warms even a few degrees, the bugs and the fish become
somewhat more active.

Fish caught ice fishing generally aren't caught out of 32 degree water.
Although the water temperature of ice capped lakes is very close to 32
degrees just below the ice, temperatures in lakes stratify and even
during the coldest weather, there are water temps considerably higher
than 32.

I'm pretty ignorant about Steelhead. However, genetically, a Steelhead
is a trout and I don't think that trout are very active in water that's
just above freezing. They may feed but being cold blooded, their
metabolism is going to be low. I know that they're frequently
caught during cold weather conditions, but I would guess that they
are considerably less active if they're caught in water that's just
above freezing. I'd also guess that larger rivers, like the Grand, have
more varied temps, like lakes, and will have areas with warmer
temps, even during the coldest periods of time.

Willi

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