09-26-2022, 05:59 PM
Good topic Pat, with the start of hunting season, the fishing reports have for sure taken a down turn and I fear that trend will continue until ice fishing season.
My youngest days of fishing were few but it was before 3rd grade, when I moved to Colorado is when my fishing days really took off. Lucky for me I had a similar experience as you did Pat after moving to Southern Colo, we had a river running right through town but some my first fishing trips were to a small pond right beside the elementary school. That little pond had bass, bluegill and of course trout because some of the water from the river was diverted into that pond. Because it was so shallow though, it was weed choked and very hard to fish, so years later I moved on to the river. All my years of living in that small town I mainly fished that river, catching lots of trout and a few other species, including salmon in the Fall when they moved up river to spawn. We also caught a type of sucker I believe is called a red sided sucker but we called ironside suckers. Later when I was in high school one of my Dad's friends took me on my first trip in a boat and we fished for kokanee. That trip was when I decided that was the method I wanted to use to fish. Many years later and after fishing in several states, I ended up moving here to Utah and buying my first small aluminum boat. That was over thirty years ago now and several upgrades in boats, I have never looked back on that decision to buy that first boat.
My youngest days of fishing were few but it was before 3rd grade, when I moved to Colorado is when my fishing days really took off. Lucky for me I had a similar experience as you did Pat after moving to Southern Colo, we had a river running right through town but some my first fishing trips were to a small pond right beside the elementary school. That little pond had bass, bluegill and of course trout because some of the water from the river was diverted into that pond. Because it was so shallow though, it was weed choked and very hard to fish, so years later I moved on to the river. All my years of living in that small town I mainly fished that river, catching lots of trout and a few other species, including salmon in the Fall when they moved up river to spawn. We also caught a type of sucker I believe is called a red sided sucker but we called ironside suckers. Later when I was in high school one of my Dad's friends took me on my first trip in a boat and we fished for kokanee. That trip was when I decided that was the method I wanted to use to fish. Many years later and after fishing in several states, I ended up moving here to Utah and buying my first small aluminum boat. That was over thirty years ago now and several upgrades in boats, I have never looked back on that decision to buy that first boat.