37 Days, 3 Degrees!

[raffensg64]

When Medical opened on March 1st, I got a surface water temp reading of 42. 37 days later, on April 7, it was a not-so-balmy 46. I know we've had a cool Spring so far, but fellas, it just doesn't add up! Well, I guess it does, to the tune of roughly one-tenth of a degree for every day since the opener. At this rate we'll have sustained hatches and hungry trout by mid-June! I'm just a couple trips away from becoming a "fair weather fisherman". Just kidding on the last point, of course!

[Anonymous]

Acually that is 4 degrees. Therefore it'll be warm by early June.

[raffensg64]

Just spent 3 hours down there today, getting only 1 fish and another lost. The surface water temp had dropped further, to 44. The wind was swirling like crazy and for the third trip in a row I saw snow!!! Man, if those poor fish are as cold as I was then it might be July before things get started!

[Anonymous]

Gonna be down to about 31 by morning here. So they said on the 6 pm news. I was going to go fishing early tpmorrow too. NOT! Can't be freezing my brass b--ls off. 51 on Sammamish today. I only went to run the boat to test the higher setting of the engine. Chine walk wasn't as bad, but too much torque steer so I lowered it back down.

[Marc Martyn]

With my arthritis and slowing metabolism, I just can't handle that cold anymore. I'll wait until the water gets into the mid 50's and the days are sunny and warmer. Keep them interested, Raff.[love] I'll be out there in May

[Amx]

7:30. I just got up. :-) Maybe go fishing after I shave and shower, Maybe.

[raffensg64]

OUCH, OUCH, OUCH!!!! I just got my first "double skunking" ever......and to think just 10 days ago, before the weather drastically cooled, I was having 15-20 fish days. I fished Amber from 10:00 to 1:00, hitting all my usual haunts with all the usual patterns. Surface water temp there only 45. Only one take, which snapped off, in 3 hours of fishing. Then headed to Medical, assured that I'd get my "sympathy fish"....NOT!!! Met my partner there at 2:00, just to find him fishless, and he'd been there since 10:30. We gave it everything we had until nearly 6:00. I got skunked again and my partner was saved by a 7" tiger. Water temp at Medical made it to 46 in the late afternoon....a heat wave! Hell, I may join Marc if this keeps up! Waiting til May could be a good thing. I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired.....and my feet don't do so well in water this time of year.

[Marc Martyn]

We'll hook up in May. In the mean time, tie up some flies[thumbup]