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Quick Conditions Check - Lower Madison

Started by mdcesq, March 19, 2023, 07:43:12 AM

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March 19, 2023, 07:43:12 AM Last Edit: March 19, 2023, 07:46:08 AM by mdcesq
With the roads dry and an extra hour of light in the evening, I took a quick drive down to the Lower Madison the other day.

Looks great and highly fishable (you should be able to play this as a video):

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jrodda

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March 19, 2023, 03:50:33 PM
Wow that's beautiful. What kind of fishery is the lower madison?

mdcesq

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March 20, 2023, 05:09:42 AM
Quote from: jrodda on March 19, 2023, 03:50:33 PM
Wow that's beautiful. What kind of fishery is the lower madison?

It's a good fishery. Mostly brown and rainbow trout in this section. The Upper, coming out of the Park, has more cutthroat and other species, like arctic grayling, etc.

Latimeria

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March 20, 2023, 06:11:21 AM
That looks gorgeous Mike!  The last time I was up in those parts I was fishing the Clark-Fork River and the trout fishing was insane! Pike Minnows, Pike, Rainbows, Cutthroat, and whitefish were the common one's we caught there. 
I hope you post some catches when you finally get out and start whipping around the fly rod on the shores this spring.  I could use some fresh mountain air fishing posts.  8)
You can't catch them from your computer chair.

Tim524

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March 20, 2023, 06:38:47 AM
 Beautiful territory, I would love to fish that area, you are lucky 8)

xjchad

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March 20, 2023, 09:31:31 AM
That's gorgeous Mike!   8)

mdcesq

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March 31, 2023, 02:24:46 PM
Quote from: Latimeria on March 20, 2023, 06:11:21 AM
That looks gorgeous Mike! The last time I was up in those parts I was fishing the Clark-Fork River and the trout fishing was insane! Pike Minnows, Pike, Rainbows, Cutthroat, and whitefish were the common one's we caught there. 
I hope you post some catches when you finally get out and start whipping around the fly rod on the shores this spring. I could use some fresh mountain air fishing posts. 8)

Thanks, Tom! I have yet to fish the Clark Fork but have driven over it many times. I've fished Rock Creek, a Clark Fork tributary, and it was excellent!

I'm going to make an effort to fish more this year. My outings went way down after a back injury, but I think I have things under control enough to flick flies on a more consistent basis. Will post some reports!

Quote from: Tim524 on March 20, 2023, 06:38:47 AM
Beautiful territory, I would love to fish that area, you are lucky 8)

Thank you, Tim. I need to remind myself of that more often.

Quote from: xjchad on March 20, 2023, 09:31:31 AM
That's gorgeous Mike!   8)

It is! I suspect you'll be getting out on Priest River or  Pend Oreille soon?
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