Slow Start to the Season

Went for a scouting drive yesterday, it was beautiful and sunny but still cold. I did find a new little lake just a few minutes from home. It is tucked up behind an industrial park on the edge of the city. You walk down a path and suddenly the scrubby brush opens up into a lovely little pond. It is only a couple of acres but surrounded by a grove of Birch, Maple, Alders, Labrador Tea and High Hack Bushes– hard walking but perfect for the Float Tube.

There are two brooks entering and the outlet, although I couldn’t spot it, looks to be on the opposite end from the brooks judging- from the vegetation anyway. There was no sign of surface activity and hardly any bugs at all, just a few microscopic midges swirling in a sheltered, sunny spot.

Reports on the forums are that a few guys are catching a few trout but the majority of fishermen are just enjoying a day out.

Here is a picture from an old folder of a shad photos, you’ll notice I have not thought up the Dobson Clip yet so that puts it at around four years ago. I like spring trout fishing but can not wait for those big Shad to start running.