Jeffs FS14 LS

[cape man]

Fishing the Madison and/or Galitin Rivers at the end of the month. Have a 4 day meeting in Bozeman and a friend with a float boat! Last year on the Yellowstone, I saw a guy catching brown trout when nobody else was, using something a lot like that "meal worm" but darker. There's certainly a lot to "match the hatch", but I also think fish aren't as picky if it looks edible.

Really nice drum!

[TomW1]

There's certainly a lot to "match the hatch", but I also think fish aren't as picky if it looks edible.

That is certainly true on the trout up here Craig. If nothing is hatching pick a fly or lure that they may eat. Shoot even artificial scented eggs sometimes work. Enjoy your trip!!!

Tom

[VT_Jeff]

Fishing the Madison and/or Galitin Rivers at the end of the month. Have a 4 day meeting in Bozeman and a friend with a float boat! Last year on the Yellowstone, I saw a guy catching brown trout when nobody else was, using something a lot like that "meal worm" but darker. There's certainly a lot to "match the hatch", but I also think fish aren't as picky if it looks edible.

Really nice drum!

Enjoy that trip Craig! We're going to go through that area at the end of our roadtrip next spring and see what we can float. Hope you get some nice weather and some nice fish!

[cape man]

The Yellowstone is probably still going to be hard to access next spring but floating the Madison near Ennis is beautiful.

[VT_Jeff]

The Yellowstone is probably still going to be hard to access next spring but floating the Madison near Ennis is beautiful.

Agreed, we were thinking probably best to just avoid Yellowstone altogether and let them do their work in peace. I'll read up on Madison near Ennis, appreciate the tip.

[cape man]

The Galatin is also awesome along the north edge of the park. Plenty of places to pull off and walk down to the river that is in a narrow canyon. Smashed small rainbows for several hours one year all on cadis flies, and the scenery is amazing. That's towards the headwaters and the water is VERY cold! No waders, and after a few hours had to stop as I could no longer feel my feet.

Last summer I had a blast with small cuthroat in the Soda Butte which is near the eastern entrance. It flows into the Lamar River which I also fished, but didn't catch, listening to the bison which were about 50 yards away across the river.

[VT_Jeff]

Had a grand time in chokoloskee. This is a massive area, lot of water to cover and to learn. Bring a gps! We mostly stuck around the immediate area, though we did do an outside run to Pavillion key, some bights near Plover key and an inside run up the Lopez and down to the mouth of the Huston. Weather has turned so we're bolting a bit early, seriously contemplating a return trip next year, though i will pay closer attention to tides next time, try to time low tides with high sun.

Elaine managed a sight-cast snook, tarpon and sheepshead, a blind cast to a sweet red, and blind casts to myriad trout, ladyfish, snapper etc. I did a lot of poling. I did pickup a nice snook in ozello on a soft plastic, as well as a few bass in columbus and seminole.

Boat worked great, was never actually on fire. Looks like i'm getting around 10 mpg with the honda 30hp. The 40 mile round trip to the huston mouth had us getting pretty low in the 5 gallon tank, we brought a few extra in a jerry.

Met a lot of great folks here including a morning dog walking group, which was fantastic.

Next up is Lake Lanier, then Chesapeake bay to get an early ride on the SS Smullen.

[Jaysen]

Nice! Send up a flare as you speed by!

[VT_Jeff]

Nice! Send up a flare as you speed by!

Will do bud, hope you are well and warmedt hello to your better half from Elaine and me!

[Jeff]

Nice Jeff, looks like you guys had a great trip!!! Jeff