Brrrr! Its freezing out here
The weather as of late has been… interesting, to say the least. Apparently winter isn’t quite finished with us yet. It’s been cold, cloudy, rainy, foggy and blowing like hell out of the North. Any one of those will wreck a day of fishing. But all of them together, consistently, is just not fair. This has surely been the roughest patch of weather all winter for us. A typical day or two of junk, then some nice days is the usual. This is just hanging around for upwards of a week at a time.
Unfortunately this weather was here for all of Brian’s stay. He flew in for 5 days of fishing and never even saw the sun. We cancelled a couple of days, but still ventured out a couple as well. Hiding from the wind wasn’t that bad, but fog that hung all day and low clouds made it near impossible to see fish. We did the best we could and hoped for any signs of life in shallow, to give a clue as to where these fish were. But there was definitely a little blind casting in some good water as well.
Brian had to work real hard in crap weather to get this little guy
All in all, it was just a tough stretch for fishing. A few fish were found pushing water, waking or giving up their position in some other fashion. But the rest were caught throwing blind into water that we knew they should be in. Brian made the most of it though and toughed out the cold weather like a champ. He is already looking forward to coming back in the fall and we all hope for better weather then.
Also, the Missouri River Spring Special in Montana is back again this year. Spring driftboat trips are just $350 through the end of April. These dates will fill quickly, so reserve yours soon!
