Merry Fishmas 2024 is in the books

I wanted to fish in NY but the water levels on the Cattaraugus (Catt) were just too sketchy.  You could not cross it because of the volume of water she had in her.

I decided to fish more locally. I chose two of our major tributaries to Lake Erie.

I chose the Gordo River and the Jawbone River.  The Gordo River sees decent numbers of steelhead, but where I fished her last that area fishes better in the spring. The higher you go the less people you will see normally this time of year.

The Gordo River had a solid 24” of visibility. She was running strong and there was no way, as you can see, that anyone was crossing that river today.

The Gordo River has a healthy population of naturally reproducing muskies.

I hiked into a few locations and swung my flies and did not get any grabs. It was good to get out and hike and fish.

After the Gordo River I was going to go to the Chagrin, but she was coming up all day and her visibility would be nearly zero.

I headed to the Jawbone River and there I would find no anglers too.

I walked into the river like I normally do to avoid detection lol. This river saw its first steelhead plantings this year. In three years, the fish will return to this river and so I wait.

The Jawbone River has issues between the sand, silt, and water quality issues.  She’s made great strides in being a cleaner river, but she’s still got a long way to go.

I only hiked 5.7 miles in total. I hope you enjoy the videos and the write-up. I am going to try and get out tomorrow.

 

Be well,

Sonder