Finally got down to fish the carbon for the 1st time today. Parked and walked in by the grange.( nice long walk ) Talked with a local as he walked in and he kinda gave me a few tips on where to go. We got down to the river and it was chocolate milk. The local guy looked disappointed. He was saying that the river is up alot higher then it was the day before when he said alot of fish were caught.

Anyways we walked about 1/4 mile downriver and waded across to the other side and headed up toward the bridge. From what the local was saying your not supposed to be fishing under or around the bridge.( of course there was about 5 guys down in there )
So we stayed clear of the bridge.

We watched one guy hit a small silver. He keeped it...it was REALLY small. Up by the bridge there was a kid with a big afro. He snagged a small king, maybe 7 lbs, very dark and keeped it. Shame on him!

I'de say there was about 40-50 folks down in there during the afternoon. Me and my partner fished the entire drift all the way back down to where we walked across.

I ended up hooking a nice slab down by where the trail splits off and there is a bench sitting there. After that me and my partner headed down to the tail out where I hooked another. That was all the fish we saw today.

The locals all said it would be alot better if the river was down some more.

I got one tip for the locals. If your fishing in a spot for a long time and nothing is happening. Move on!

Your alot more likely to hit a fish if you cover water. People were looking at me and my partner like "What the heck are they doing???" We were simply making 3 or 4 cast, moving downstream a few feet and doing it again. This way we cover alot more water. I don't know about anyone else, I usually fish from a sled and I can't stand sitting in one spot. I have to cover water, especially fishing somewhere where I've never been.

Thumbs up on the locals! They were very friendly.