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Maybe Gas Bubble Deisese???...Sent the pics to Terry...Perhaps he might have an Idea on the winter kill on the North end??...I kinda think it is due to the extended ice on the lake and the low water level this spring....

Not Much...Mabe a foot...

Took a walk to the North end pond of B.H.(fellow fly casters call it ''Golden Pond''...RandyS came up with that one...That is a great name for that pond)...Seems there was some or all winter kill in there (a few ded fish that the Gulls hadn't got to yet) I asked a few people that fished it... if they had even a sniff..."Nope" (bloom tried it as well on sunday)....The water level is down about 18-20 inches compared to the last few springs....Myth 1228 said he seen a trout start flippen out in the Pond a couple days ago...Then died...Must have been a Lack of o2 thing??? Allot of LARGE fish used to winter on that side... Fishing was good today...A couple gooders...bout 22-23 inch males...Ice did not recede that much..Compred to yesterday...Was not at all a spring day out there...When I got there...it was snowing...Raining... sleeting and, The wind was a BLOWIN...Cleared up for a while... then it turned back into Feburary...Here are a few pics of the winter kill...

I sent a couple of the pics to Terry Clayton of the fish with the blisters...And he said...It looks like it is ''Gas Bubble Disease"...quote Terry.."Its caused when the water is super-saturated with gas, ussualy from nitrogen.It often occurs at the base of a dam-the pessure of falling water forces the air trapped with it down into the plunge pool.This causes the water to become super-saturated, and any fish in the plunge pool will show signs of gas bubble disease. If it doesnt kill them outright, it goes away when the pressure changes, or the fish swims out of the danger zone. I will have to look into this more, because these are the best photos I've seen of GBD in a pond"..end quote... Interesting...Hope any fish in the lake with GBD will be O.K.... Never mentioned in the report...Ice is coming off in a hurry...Should be all off by weekend... depending on the weather... Jeff...

For sure...The fish were fighting a Whole lot better than normally in the spring...Never got into my backing...But close a couple times...

Mader out to B.H. This later morn...Met Myth1228 there...He was fishing for a while before I was..And he got into some nice ones...Got no pics of his...as I took Videos of his fish...Didnt get to fish long with him... As he had prior engagements and had to header back to the Hat...Yes there are still some nice Trout in there ...Alot better average than last spring...Fish were hitting good on all your basic spring patterns...They had allot of spunk for this time of year compared to last spring...Helped a couple people out with some casting and handed out some flies...I felt bad (honest I did)...I was getting fish after fish...And there were beginner fly casters fishing right beside me that were getting frustrated and I could tell they really wanted to get into some fish...Helped em out...And they got into some fish...My good deed for the day ...Anywase I'm super glad to see there were big fish to hand this day...I never expected the average to be what it was...measured all the fish under 15 inches..And will send them to Terry...(only about 6 of them) also let people know about the fish measuring...and why...and where to send the records...Caught a couple fish that seemed to have some rotting...and or blisters on there skin and Dorsal fin..not sure what it was...never seen it before in B.H....Will send a couple pics of that to Terry as well...And show a couple pics of it below...CO's were out twice today...Roger was handing out Cards with the phone number to the Elkwater station and encouraging people to phone in if they see anything out of the ordinary...Great stuff on Co's part!!!...If we look after this fishery...It will look after us!! ...Had a great day and looking forward of years of this great fishery to come... Cheers...Jeff...C&R...It works Pics dont do justice to the size of the fish pics taken in the water...I think we all know that anywho... Here is the weird looking stuff from one of the fish

It was great running into you guys too...Chris creates awesome flies...as he lives 20 steps from the river...And doesn't have far to go to test his new creations...He has 3 awesome holes right at his house...Must be nice!!! ...Ya that was a long journey that day...And I did 3 more journeys like that prior to that day...Loved it...Seen alot of river and had a blast...Glad you guys got into some fish!!! Cheers...Jeff...

Thanx a bunch for the report...I'll be there in the morn after my appointment...Damn appointment....

That is a geat hole...Went back to it 2 days in a row...

O.k..I'm a pic junkie...Here are the last few I'll post...I filled my 2GB card over the last 5 days...

Good story....Getin older cant be that bad if you can drink three bottles of wine, get up early ... not be hung over... and get into some huge fish... ...Nice to hear you got into some nice fish. Cheers...Jeff..

Thought I would share a few more pics from the Crow...I love fish pics and senic pics... and sure alot of you Trout bums do too. Cheers Jeff...

Went for a drive along the Cypress Hills today...Along the secondary that goes to Maple Creek...From HWY 41 South..(Think it's the 515??)...Nice scenery and a nice drive...Went just bout to Maple Creek...WOW...The Most deer I have ever seen in one buch...Thougt I would share..as I love pics of Fish ..And or scenery... All Pics were taken at 10x's optical zoom...So they are not the best Qaulity... Cheers..Jeff..

Great point...

Welcome dude...Can't go wrong Flyfishin....

Thanx a bunch..Gary.. ...

Have a good one...

Good stuff!!!

I'dd taker fishing for a Trout... ....Hmmm....Maybe not...

Thanx for the report...Maybe it won't be too long...If we get some wind and warm weather. 2 weeks?...Maybe...

I Didn't even try Google earth today...as about a month ago...I was lookin for the Fork lakes...and it was a blur...They must have done an update...????...Or ''I'' was blurry that day??

Great!! Thanx alot..Weedy1...That helps a bunch...Do you run Google earth pro?

Talked to Bloom and Harry allready... They have no map...Just a memory...and some awesome pics!...They worked hard to get there from what I have heard...Any one who wants to keep it confidential...Can P.M. me... Thanx...Jeff...C&R...

Will do...You gota a map?...Or know a site that shows the trails leading to the Ridge?