Fishing Report

How’s Fishing? Fishing has been really good this week. We have had several really nice fish brought up and weighed.  The summer is definitely among us as the heat is moving in! We are starting to see several families show up for their vacation. We hope to have a great turn out this weekend.

So, what’s working? Well, we opened up a belly of a trout and it was full of cicadas. So, I would most definitely try using a real one in zone 3 or a cicada fly in zone 1 or 2. I made a trip down to zone 3 this afternoon and watched several anglers put on a show with PowerBait. Now a majority of the anglers were using orange or salmon peach but my goodness the trout must have been hungry because they were catching rainbows left and right. In zone 1 and 2, Pink Mega worms were working well. I also watched a father and son duo catch a limit in about 5 minutes with that darned old John Deere mini jig in zone 2 near the whistle bridge. Marabou jigs were also working well in ginger for a couple angler I spoke with.

It's  Memorial Day Weekend! Memorial Day is a day when we honor our servicemen and women who have died serving in the armed forces.  I would like to recognize a family friend who died in action on August 23, 2013 during  Operation Enduring Freedom. His name is Private First Class, Jonathon Michael Dean Hostetter. Jonathon was an avid outdoorsman, fisherman and a wonderful person with the kindest heart.  Jonathon thank you for your service and your ultimate sacrifice, you will never be forgotten my friend. Everyone at Weaver's would like to thank our retired and active members who have and are currently serving in our armed forces.

I hope everyone has a wonderful Memorial Day weekend. Good luck, be safe and as always, we’ll see you on the stream.

BENNETT SPRING gage height 1.95feet https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/06923500/#parameterCode=00065&period=P7D

NIANGUA RIVER gage height 1.90 feet https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/06923250/#parameterCode=00065&period=P7D&showMedian=false

Recommendations
Zone 1 and Zone 2- Cicada pattern

Marabou-Ginger, orange, white,  white & red and shell & white 

Mopfly- Cream, orange and Chartreus

White Mega worm, Pink Mega worm

zebra Midge-black, olive 

Grey Scud or orange scud

Mini jigs-orange, Peach or cream Fur Bug John Deere mini jig and Bedspread mini jig- white thread jig and the peacock mini jig with tail

Glow balls orange, Jimi Hendrix, white, peach and the tri colored original

Zone 3-originalark PowerBait and Salmon Peach PowerBait- White PowerBait, Rainbow Powerbait
Pautzke’s Red label Salmon Eggs 

Bennett Spring Events
Bennett Spring Fly Tying Group- Every Wednesday @ 9 at the Bennett Spring

See https://mostateparks.com/events/park/bennett-spring-state-park for more Bennet Spring Events and dates

Have fun, stay safe and tight lines!

Thanks for reading,

Cory

The Guy from Weaver’s

weavers.troutconnect@gmail.com