Happy Holidays everyone. Seems like the second half of the 2018 fishing season was a bust for many of us. Besides the Musky being blown out since August, the big D was a shambles with summer flows frequently about 4 X’s mean. Couldn’t even get out for a smallie float. We first tried in mid-July, kept an eye on it through Labor Day. We finally decided enough was enough and went crabbing instead. Kicked butt on crabs in Barnegat. NY salmon weather was fine, but I spent October in the office (duh). I finally drifted the Salmon River on 12/12. Perfect water level, low clouds, no wind, air in upper 20’s to low 30’s. Not a lot of boats or bank fisherman. Perfect. We hit it hard with everything we had from egg flies to soft hackles, natural nymphs, streamers, flees, you name it. Between the two of us we went 0/1 each. Not sure what’s going up there but seems to a trend in the past 3-4 years. Looking forward to January fishing on the Musky. Hopefully things get back to normal. Please put the rain dancing on hold for a while.
Best wishes for the Holidays
Anthony B.
