Havasu 2/18-20/15

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I met Ron at Havasu Wed afternoon.  We checked out a new spot I had scoped out and blanked…..found beds but all were empty.  I knew we were a bit early but we were itchy for some bed fishing and the weather looked promising.  We went scouting a couple spots we knew had fish from before and sure enough they were in…beds with fish on them.  Next morning we launched at Windsor and fished the shoreline all the way to the channel.  Found a few players but they just weren’t hot at all.  Managed to coax a couple to grab but they both spit the hook after vaulting into the air.  Hit the channel and found some more active players.

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We fished our way back to Windsor but the algae had gotten so bad we couldn’t see much.  So we headed to see my buddy Doug Bell, from Whitefish, Mt.  Doug winters there for three months and is on the water pretty much every day.  He told us about a couple coves up north that his buddies had fished and landed some smallies stripping leeches and Clousers.  Next morning we hit it and found bedders right off the bat.  Again we found beds but most were empty.  We landed a couple and then went to the deeper water stripping but found very few fish that morning.  The day before there were plenty of shad but they must have moved out because it was pretty quiet.

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A good trip….maybe a tad early but pretty nice for mid February.  Next month should be excellent….if the algae doesn’t throw us a curve.

Yes, Ron caught all the big fish…..I know that…he made me aware of it as well.  Good fishing with him again…been too long