3-20 stream fishing

[creeksmallie]

Pulled the waders out today and fished a small stretch for 1.5 hrs. Creekminnows fast water had 7 smallmouth and 1 kentucky.Nothing beats smallies 8 to 14 inches long in fast water!!!!! Well a 20 incher in fast water would LOL. Stay tuned!!
Mike Dial

[j19bill]

Nice!

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[Alphahawk]

Great fish! After a day of fishing at Pickwick years ago I used to stop off on the way home at a place on Forty Eight Creek. The water was gin clear and I caught tons of Smallies in the 9 to 12 inch range....nothing big by no means. Probably enjoyed that more than any fishing I have ever done. Good job!


Regards

[MNfisher]

Nice job Mike!!! That looks like a blast!!

[volandsmalliefan]

i swear clear water creek smallies are some of the prettiest fish that swim!

[navydocivan]

I did some hiking last week in the savage gulf and fall creek falls area and saw some very clear pretty water streams, but is didnt really see any activity. If there were smallies or redeyes or whatever in the stream, do you think you would seem them scurrying around much just watching the stream or is it hard to tell unless you had a rod and fished it? We seen a couple streams that looked fairly promising.
The potential problem I seen was some of these streams are subject to low flow in the summer months and that would probably kill and potential populations off. We also saw a couple nice pools below the falls at a couple places, but i was also thinking if fish were locked in that spot by the falls on 1 end and a shoal at the other where would they reproduce and move around except when there was a flash flood and that would just wash them down stream. there is nothing prettier to me than the blue green water of a deep hole of clear water on a creek. If these waters were in my native Minnesota they would probably have trout in them.

[creeksmallie]

You might have seen them when the water temps were lower just sitting in the deepest hole (wintering hole). I have seen all species together just laying on the bottom bunched up in the small streams where the deepest hole was about 4 ft. When the water is winter gin clear and warming up in the 50s you probably will not see them out roaming unless it is cloudy and a warm spell is going on. The fish I caught yesterday just appear and you could see them flash on the minnow as they hit it when in the calm eddy and then back to the fast water.Regular floods from my experience and what I observe do move fish. Spring flood will move them up,Winter Flood will move them around some. Fall Flood will move them toward the wintering holes(which may be back to the lake in some cases, Summer Flood will move them if the water has been real low(they will seek better habitat). I have always wanted to tag some fish to see where they end up. I have one stream that has white bass way up 10 or more stream miles) in it since the big flood that closed Opry Mills.I will probaby catch them again. I have not caught them in about 20 years in that section and that year we caught walleye, brown and bow trout,whitebass,all three black bass,and Rock Bass.This is a small stream that feeds the Cumberland and they water came up during a warm winter and went down fast probably trapping them. As far as that area I would have to look it up but if it holds water year around and the water flows good chance you will have smallies and Rock bass because most of those streams have ground water influence. I believe they stock trout in some of those waters around Fall Creek Falls.
Mike