Last year I was doing some exploring on the upper Sauk. It was a nice day (about 70 degrees and sunny), but the water was like ice (I was wading in shorts and could not stay in the water for more that 10 seconds or so - and I'm used to wading wet...).

Anyway, i made my way around a bend enjoying the beauty (ie not catching many fish) and admiring the crystal clear ice water, when I spot 2 teanage boys standing chest deep in the freezing river - giggling (the sound and look reminded me of the movie 'deliverance' - is that a banjo i hear?). Then I realized that the water was really only about knee to waist deep, and that they were squatting down. When they saw me, they quickly stood up, pulled up their pants and made there way to the bank - laughing and carrying on. About 30 seconds later is when I saw it. A 6" brown trout. AKA - a floater - heading right at me!! I got back on shore in a hurry and had an inckling to go whoop some a$$, but I was too grossed out and just wanted to go take a shower...

I believe you meant the "boneless brown trout", an entirely different species.

[ 01-07-2002: Message edited by: Dogfish ]

You talked about wet wading. I used to wet wade the Sauk all the time in the summer time. But that was in the upper reaches.From White Chuck River and up. I think that I've fished up as far as Weden Creek. This little creek had some bigger fish in it. But that was when you could drive to Monte Cristo. But lately I've gone into light waders. About the only time I ever found it to cold was in June when it first opened. Jim S.

Probably a couple of those SRBC boyz!

(JK!) Please don't kill me TimerMan and JohnyCoho.....

naw we just wait till we get to "the ranch"

And we do know where the ranch is hehehehehe.

Tight lines

Kevin

SRBC

Just remember that there's a stricly enforced Pinch N Release policy on all native Sauk River Brown Trout at The Ranch!

PS. Thank Glub for the high water - seems those browners always move down river on the high water! They are magically "flushed" away!

Uh, how do you tell if it's a native or not? (:

We were up on the ranch and left a few for you kids to step in!

I walked away from the river a bit and seen a place that looked like a rig would park there..Thats were I left my mark!!
about 3ft back and a foot to the left
of the front tire mark on the left hand side.

Them "Tar heels" are gonna have some fun with you kids up there this year!!!
They might even make ya eat a few of them boneless brown trout this winter..

VRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!

[ 01-08-2002: Message edited by: Timber Man ]

The hatchery Boneless brown trout have corn nuggets in them....
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The native brown trout are corn free...

[ 01-08-2002: Message edited by: RANDY ]

uh - timberman - don't look now, but you forgot to drop your long johns first.... (: