{"id":1215,"date":"2016-10-14T16:31:14","date_gmt":"2016-10-14T16:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oldausable.com\/wordpress\/?p=1215"},"modified":"2022-04-06T15:05:16","modified_gmt":"2022-04-06T15:05:16","slug":"river-report-october-13-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/2016\/10\/14\/river-report-october-13-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"River Report October 13, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

October 13, 2016<\/p>\n

The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report<\/p>\n

The Fall has continued its warm and wet trend, and while that\u2019s been great for games under the Friday night lights and for folks trying to squeeze just a little more Summer-like fun out of Northern Michigan, its created a few wrinkles for October\u2019s sportsmen.<\/p>\n

Grouse and woodcock hunters are enjoying increased number of birds and good flush rates, but the unseasonably warm weather has leaves hanging on and many of the ferns still standing tall.\u00a0 That means thick covers and tough shooting.\u00a0 It\u2019s tough to put birds in the game bag when you can\u2019t see one long enough for a shot.\u00a0 The warmth also makes it tough to keep hard working dogs in the field for the afternoon hours when grouse have left their roosts and have<\/p>\n

\"Ben<\/a>
Ben Hunting with a nice Brown Trout. With OAFS guide Tim Riley.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

moved to feed.<\/p>\n

Not only has the weather has delayed the leaf drop; it has also delayed traditional trends in the trout fishing world.\u00a0 Usually, as we move into mid-October, big streamers start to consistently take brown trout.\u00a0 We haven\u2019t seen much of that yet.\u00a0 So far, we\u2019re still fishing smaller streamers for brook trout and the occasional brown.\u00a0 But as the weather cools trout, fishermen take their clues from musky anglers and start using very large, slow moving baits.\u00a0 It looks like that fishing will be pushed deeper into late October and November.<\/p>\n

Salmon runs have (again with the warmth) already reached their climax.\u00a0 While there are still plenty of fish in rivers like the Pere Marquette, other streams are either past prime or didn\u2019t even get fish in thick numbers.\u00a0 Streams like the Manistee never really reached their potential this season.\u00a0 And with plenty of big salmon still being caught out in Lake Michigan in seventy feet of water, some anglers are theorizing that the river never showed a sharp enough cool down to push all of the bruisers into the river.\u00a0 But who knows, maybe there will be another very late push of fish.<\/p>\n

It has all affected the white-tailed deer rut, too.\u00a0 I\u2019ve spent a lot of hours in the woods and still haven\u2019t seen much at all for scrapes.<\/p>\n

That said, it\u2019s hard to complain about pleasant days afield.\u00a0 It\u2019s been pretty easy to be out there as long as you\u2019ve got good raincoat and a positive attitude.<\/p>\n

Have a great time out there,<\/p>\n

Andy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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