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The Red
Jul 14, 2005 11:46:30 GMT -6
Post by bookemdano on Jul 14, 2005 11:46:30 GMT -6
Anyone thinking of taking a shot at it - or is the water too high yet?
Dan
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stephenjay
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The Red
Jul 14, 2005 12:22:53 GMT -6
Post by stephenjay on Jul 14, 2005 12:22:53 GMT -6
I was in the park in Lockport Monday evening; west side of the river, north of the locks. The water was up to the grass area at the north end of the shore. There were carp right up against the shore, and quite a few breaking the surface. I hooked into a big one (didn't have my net with me. BLAST!!!) and fowl hooked some other ones. Hard to say whether some of the hookups were fish or the vegitation that grows along that rocky shore line there.
I also saw one fish break the surface that wasn't a carp; it was a walleye/sauger type (didn't get a great look, unfortunately). Would have been a good size sauger, or an average walleye.
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The Red
Jul 14, 2005 14:02:27 GMT -6
Post by SK Justin on Jul 14, 2005 14:02:27 GMT -6
I'd imagine if you find any slack water spot you would be able to have some good fishing. Carp of course will be in tight to shore and you should be able to see them. The last time I was there was the end of June when the water came up quite a bit overnight and flooded the parking lot at Cats on the Red. The catfish were insane in about 3 - 5' of water right in the parking lot there. About 40 fish came out of a small area in a few hours (between quite a few guys though). If the water is still near that level I'd assume you should still find feeding cats in similar locations, but you may have to fish more around dark.
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The Red
Jul 14, 2005 22:22:39 GMT -6
Post by stephenjay on Jul 14, 2005 22:22:39 GMT -6
Just got back from Lockport, same spot in the park itself. Lots of fish right up to the shore there, all carp as far as I could tell. They weren't interested in what I had to offer, but I had a lot of fowl hooks tonight. One thing to note. There is a lot of erosion happening along the shore. Consequently there are piles of dirt in the water that seem to eat a lot of ones flies. I am guessing by what I was pulling out of the river that a lot of root balls are fowling up lines and hooks. It was especially bad when I was using a dropper config. Water was down about a foot or two from Monday. Still incredibly high though. Update: One reason I probably had poor luck with the carp is that they seemed to be rutting quite a bit; lots of bubbles appearing on the surface. I tried to get my flies down to the bottom, but that is when I would loose my flies. Probably should have tried somewhere else, but I guess I was having too much fun .
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The Red
Jul 15, 2005 7:12:38 GMT -6
Post by bookemdano on Jul 15, 2005 7:12:38 GMT -6
Thanks for the update. Maybe I'll wait a bit.
Dan
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