Another Decent Day at the North Cut by Ed Valitutto

Posted on June 24, 2021 by VHFC

Dave Spendiff and Alan Goracy joined me for a day of fishing the north cut off Double Creek channel. We started at High Bar but a strong current and a brisk crosswind made fishing the narrow channel difficult. We then moved to the north cut.

Fishing was good but not great. Water temps were 64 degrees which was 5 higher than High Bar. We also discovered after several drifts that the fish were in the shallower 3 -5 foot areas in the bright sun rather than the 8 – 12 foot deeper areas. I had 2 keepers at 18.5 & 19.5 and Dave had a 20.5. All were caught on Gulp with a fluke belly on mine. Yes I remembered to bring a fluke carcass with me! Alan had a slower day using his go to killies. Overall we had ~20 shorts. Interestingly, no fish hit the teaser with a Gulp shrimp which had been the killer for the last several weeks. Also, the two fish I cleaned had several small crabs in them.

Despite a brisk NW wind and cooler temps, it was still a fun day fishing!

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