[VFB] Fishing Report - Sort of!

[Jimmy D. Moore]

I went to the Guadalupe yesterday, hoping to get in some fishing after our TU meeting, but that was not the case. It started raining cats and dogs no sooner than our meeting started and continued through the rest of the day. We had a well attended meeting with just under 200 members show up. I had secured Bill Schudlich, President of the Truchas TU Chapter in Santa Fe, NM as our speaker. Bill's presentation was on their restoration efforts of the Rio Grande Cutthroat, in New mexico streams, particularly, the Vallejas Calderas Project and the Santa Barbara Cutthroat habitat improvement. Our raffle item was a 14' 10" Islander Ventura Kayak, 52 pounds and equipped with a rudder. The Kayak was probably the reason we had such a good attendance. See it at:

www.islanderkayaks.com
The Guad is fishing well, thanks to the efforts of the Corps of Engineers and their clean -up efforts since the flood. Remember, I told all that most of our trout were lost to the flood and high water temps afterward. However, a few survived in "spring holes" and were caught afterwards. But to be sure that there were plenty of trout, our TU chapter and TX Parks & Wildlife, has put around 40,000 pounds,(30,000, by GRTU), of rainbows in the river since early December. Most of these weighed in at nearly a pound. Also released was about 400 brood stock, some of which were ready to spawn. In fact one spewed eggs as she was being released. These "hens" weighed in at up to 7 pounds. Now, with approximately 2,500 rainbows per mile, and spawining rainbows, it appears that the Guad is definitely on the mend.

What are they taking? Hot Pink Sowbugs. Go Figure!

JIMMY

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