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Anyone willing to report how the Clinton has been the last couple of days?
Planters? As in trout?My buddy stopped for a walk at lunch on thursday and saw 4 pods of 3-5 fish on gravel. Got me all excited rushed home got my gear and hit the river to see no fish just emtpy reds. Fished the holes near the reds and wet 0-1. The planters are in and bite everthing and most people I talked to were actually fishing for them. If you care please use barbless hooks, those planters are our future fish and they have a hard enough time going out to see and back
April 9th there were 26,800 one year old steelies planted down on ryan somewhere. Can not say where cause I do not need the grief for it. LOLPlanters? As in trout?
:lol: I know where!:16suspectApril 9th there were 26,800 one year old steelies planted down on ryan somewhere. Can not say where cause I do not need the grief for it. LOL
I've been trout fishing the clinton recently and most of my fish haven't been plants. I see nothing wrong with trout fishing. - BryonI question the intelligence of anyone fishing for planters.
Ive been trout fishng the clinton recently and most of my fish haven't bee plants. I see nothing wrong with trout fishing/QUOTE]
Unless you are fishing pain creek illegally or by plants you mean vegetation then you are catching yearling steelhead just planted by the dnr. The clinton does not get a mid april run of 12" rainbows, and there is no way a trout could survive in that water year round. It is not my place to tell anyone what you can and can't do, technically there is nothing illegal about catching smolts. Like I said they have a hard enough time going to the lake and back not being the target species. Me personally I would rather catch one steelhead than 50 of the little guys, but thats me.
Yes the clinton in some parts has trout year round, I know people who have caught them in June, July and August which are the hottest months in Michigan. I'm not going to tell you where I've been fishing for them but brown trout and bows over 13inches are in no way plants and no I'm not fishing Paint Creek. The average size of the plants are 7.3inches as well NOT 12inches. Those fish are fish that for the most part have been in the stream a while. If you still don't believe trout stay in parts of that river year long contact the Michigan DNR and they will answer that question for you, as for me, I know I'm not doing anything illigall by TROUT fishing and I'm also using barbless hooks. I've also caught trout and a friend of mine caught trout in the clinton THIS season BEFORE they stocked. Some of the rainbows they stock stay in the river, some move out to the lake. All steelhead are rainbow trout, not all rainbow trout are steelhead.Ive been trout fishng the clinton recently and most of my fish haven't bee plants. I see nothing wrong with trout fishing/QUOTE]
Unless you are fishing pain creek illegally or by plants you mean vegetation then you are catching yearling steelhead just planted by the dnr. The clinton does not get a mid april run of 12" rainbows, and there is no way a trout could survive in that water year round. It is not my place to tell anyone what you can and can't do, technically there is nothing illegal about catching smolts. Like I said they have a hard enough time going to the lake and back not being the target species. Me personally I would rather catch one steelhead than 50 of the little guys, but thats me.
Just for the record, any trout fishermen worth anything can tell the difference between a plant and a "native" or "wild" Bow. In any event, I'm not going to argue this any further, as I said if you don't believe me ask the DNR, some other members on this site can probably help in letting you know if trout are living in the river year round. I have my spots I enjoy going with my Dad. - Bryon
Okay, sorry for the misunderstanding, that's my fault. - BryonI am not talking about the incidental catching of a planter steelhead while fishing for other species, I am talking about being there on the day they are shot out of the fish cannon and waiting downstream a little ways...
I understand many of our SE MI trout are plants, but these fish are not put in the river to spend their lives there or be caught. They are put there to grow a little while and come back in 3 years much, much larger.
I was talking about the people who might catch one or see a bunch and start dropping a worm and catching one after another. . .