4MR today 10-10-2016

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Parked outside the Toyota dealership along the road next to the river.  Got told to move since they informed me it's a private street (and I guess it's parking for all the folks that work there).  Parked in the Pier One parking lot across the street and walked down to the river (about 0630-ish).  For the next 1.5-2 hours worked my way up stream, under the bridges and eventually about 50 yards upstream the bridges is when I caught something.  I tried streamers, wooly buggers....basically anything that looked like a baitfish.  Not a thing, I think I might not have been getting my presentation deep enough (just a guess)..  I eventually switched to a small white popper and started catching bluegill and a few bass about 10-20 yards from the shoreline. Did see another fly fisherman out there today walking the 4MR a bunch.  Seems he was catching a fish or two every once in awhile.  Like me....he seemed to be changing flies to try and entice some bites.

This was a nice bass that had some good fight in him for the size.  Seems top water worked starting around 0900, basically low tide. 

Cheers

Collin

[TurbineBlade]

Few yellow perch down there, but not much action overall.  Caught a lot more Friday, which was my first time in there in almost a year.  

I felt bad for the kayakers banging around in there.  I would NOT have wanted to be fighting a NNW wind, at dead low tide, casting 1/4oz spinners into 1-3' of water, trying to keep stuff out of the muck and manage a boat blowing around at the same time.   Not my first choice!  

Gene

[Jamie Carracher]

I was down there this afternoon, too. I decided to get in near the outflow and worked the wooded side. I ended up with around 7 or 8 largemouth and sunfish -- all pretty small. I used a steelhead fly that looks like a nymph and a small popper. The popper was where I had the most success by casting and giving it a few twitches and then letting it sit.

I didn't see any fish of size there today. This weekend was my first time down there since the winter. the last time I was down there, I saw some pretty huge bass that wouldn't eat anything. I guess they'll make their way up as the water gets colder?