The Connecticut River opens for fishing activity a mere 18 days from now, and this, of course, leads us to think of warmer, sunnier times from seasons past when we pursued our fishy friends. We received this excellent picture of Ed “Deadly Edly” Hermenau from Denis Fay the other day, showing Ed with a big cutthroat that he caught and released on Montana’s Slough Creek in July of 2012.
There were lots of folks up this past weekend getting in their last few days of fishing before the close of the season. The big lakes, Lake Francis and all three Connecticut Lakes are now officially closed but Back Lake, the rivers and streams and the outer ponds are still open until the 15th.
There is fishing going on somewhere … unfortunately, it was all the way over in Montana. The Bride took pictures of her man OMR from their trip to the Missouri River (the Mighty Mo) in October. Having returned, they are just like the rest of us – longing for a salmon run, the hex hatch, or even a, yes I said it, a bass to strike!
OMR and I just returned from another fantastic trip from Big Sky Country. We had a blast as usual fishing the Missouri, and landing a boat load of big rainbows thanks to our guide Ben Hardy. Jon’s always begging to have his picture taken but I had to put a stop to it since it was interrupting my fishing time.
We had two fantastic days with Ben. Supposedly the MO wasn’t fishing well but we proved that wrong, and at times with doubles on. On our second day, I really did well, and I actually heard Ben tell OMR, ” She’s kicking your ass, man”. Ya baby!! If you haven’t experienced Montana yet, I suggest you head out to Craig, MT for some of the best trout fishing of your life, as well as some pretty incredible scenery.