Zip/ZNada: 4-Mile Run Sunday evening

[tatu...@gmail.com]

Fishing Report:

Did a little wading about 1800-2000 last evening in 4-Mile run.  Incoming tide which was weird (and I thought the best for fishing).  Wind blowing a bunch from the West, but any floating lure or fly line was drifting right back into you as you cast to the East. 

Tried top poppers/chuggers and streamers of all different colors, nothing.  Saw a few fish surface but nothing was biting.  Two spin casters nearby didn't have a nibble either.  Water was a dirty brown, even in close near the shore/rocks it was cloudy. 

Just thought I would throw this out there as a reference.

Cheers

Collin

[Clever Knickname]

I was there on Saturday on the outbound tide at around noon and got two little schoolie stripers on a chartreuse and white clouser but it was pretty slow. The water was off color from all the rain/ wind so maybe that was it.

[Patrick Reilly]

I went out this winter and with all the construction and vegetation stripped there were no fish out. Have they made their way back up and it was just a slow day, or did the construction permanently chase them off? 

That'd be a shame, was one of my favorite quick and easy spots from the city!

[tatu...@gmail.com]

There were fish there.  Saw some big ones rise up, and a few leaner looking fish make jumps clear of the water.  No idea what they were after, but I wasn't imitating them too well to earn their interest.

Cheers

Collin

[Gary Fleeger]

I only fly fish in small streams, because I'm still learning and just don't have the skill to really get my fly around a larger body of water (distance). So in May for several days in a row I took my spinning rod down to the bridges at 4 mile run and killed it at the tail end of low tide before dead low. I didn't have any luck on anything top water, but when I used a zoom pumpkin worm with chartreuse end it made all the difference. Slow along the bottom produced the LMB and half a worm worked fast through mid depth water produced striper. My point is that I think the low tide where the fish have less places to hide is key on 4 mile and others have told me the same. Out going low that is. Lastly, I really think those fish key on that chartreuse for some reason in that area. I'm not saying other things don't work but that was my experience. It's ironic that someone above had luck with a chartreuse clouser.

Good luck, and I'll keep working on my fly rod. There is no comparison to catching a fish on my fly rod! What a thrill.

Gary

[Bobby Davis]

Gary,

I would kindly like to suggest that you should reset your mindset on fly fishing.  Most fish regardless or water body, aren't caught at 80+ feet away, and I think most of us would testify to that.   One example of this I can cite with concrete data is the Flycarping page.  A couple years ago McTage did a formal survey about carp fishing and found that most peoples takes are less than 30 feet away, and that was for the super spooky carp. I also got to sit in on a lecture by Kelly Galloup and his motto is "stalk more cast less".  We see these hero shots of guys bombing a fly for ridiculous distances in festival films, but the reality is that is not really how real fishing is done for most of us.  Bottom line, don't be intimidated just because you can't cast like Tim Rajeff.  

[Jamie Carracher]

I have found 4MR down by the bridges to be a little too mucky and hard to navigate in waders. And from the shore, it's hard to get a good cast out far enough. 

In the past I enjoyed casting under the trees and shrubs on the edge back further near the treatment plant. Haven't been back since they ripped everything out... mostly because when the weather is nice, I try to go to more visually pleasing places. Do we know if they are planning to replant any of that? 

Bobby, definitely agree with you on casting. I'm certainly no master but I would say 40-50 feet is the furthest I can cast in ideal weather, even with a double haul (ok, I'm still learning this technique). That said, my biggest bass was caught last summer on a pond in a boat with a popper at about 20 feet away. The fly hit the water, I waited a sec and then gave it a pop and fish was on. Last summer I caught a good smallmouth across from Fletcher's in one of the rowboats and that was probably in the 15-20 foot range, too. 

[Gary Fleeger]

Great feedback!  It probably has more to do with my confidence than reality.  There is no question that I enjoy fly fishing more than anything, so I will continue to push my comfort zone. 

That's why this is a great forum. Thanks. 

Gary. 

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