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Will Dykstra

Posted 3/10/2008 2:06 PM (#306535)
Subject: Early Season Tigers?

Posts: 113

Hey Sorno, the ice is starting to come off here in CO, what are your best early season methods for Tigers? I havent had a great deal of success in the spring, but I havent fished them that hard either....

BenR

Posted 3/10/2008 2:13 PM (#306539 - in reply to #306535)
Subject: Re: ATTN: SORNO

Hey Will, Gross res. still has close to 3 feet of ice on it...which lakes are starting to thaw?...Ben

Will Dykstra

Posted 3/10/2008 2:16 PM (#306542 - in reply to #306539)
Subject: Re: ATTN: SORNO

Posts: 113

Pinewood is open, watched 13 cruisers near the pipe last Monday, I was up there shed hunting , didn't even bring a rod......

sorenson

Posted 3/10/2008 2:23 PM (#306543 - in reply to #306535)
Subject: RE: ATTN: SORNO

Posts: 1764

Location: Ogden, Ut

I'll cut and paste most of what I PM'd to Will...

Early season has been a bit of a mystery for me too - at least for consistency. I'll pop one here or there, but nothing I would even come close to calling a pattern. I tend to fish shallow flats as they first become covered and near inlets. At least for a while; as you know, mountain runoff is a fickle thing - warm air temps may actually drop your water temps for a while as it creates a flush of 33 degree water into the reservoir.
The shallow flats (if available) seem to be the most consistent for me. I've used mostly slow gliders like a Muskie Treat and smaller Violent Strike spinnerbaits. I am looking forward to trying the Baby Wabull this year too as I didn't get one til about June last year.
I think if you know the forage and their spawing temperature and substrate preferences, you'll do just fine - if you get my drift.

S.

BenR

Posted 3/10/2008 2:44 PM (#306548 - in reply to #306543)
Subject: RE: ATTN: SORNO

Thanks, I had a quick question. In the past during spring I have done well with muskie and pike close to current and small inlets....Since this is snow melt and I guess the water is going to be colder will the fish still relate to it in your experience? Thanks...Ben

sorenson

Posted 3/10/2008 2:58 PM (#306551 - in reply to #306548)
Subject: RE: Early Season Tigers?

Posts: 1764

Location: Ogden, Ut

I think they still relate to the current, but the added attraction of warmth in the spring isn't there, so the relationship becomes a bit less predictable, and probably a bit weaker in my opinion.
Pineview draws down about 25-30 feet each year so there's plenty of acres of newly flooded vegetation for the fish to inhabit. In my experience, the inlets draw only a slightly higher percentage of the muskies than the rest of the shallows. I still fish those areas hard, and sometimes do quite well. The perch and crappies aren't spawning in the immediate vicinity of the inlet areas here. The muskies do a pretty good job of following them.

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