Christmas on Antero

[Teamroper3684]

So we decided were gonna hit Antero for Christmas,  I haven't been there in 2 years because of my work schedule but the whole family is coming out an were hoping to catch some fish maybe a monster or 2.  How's the weather been there?  What's been gettin them to bite?  Where's better to fish, we are all adults so we don't need a huge quantity of fish jus a day together having fun

[Malty Falcon]

I may be joining you at the lake on Christmas Day as well.  We've been doing well on small bright tube jigs tipped with either butter worms, waxies, or sucker meat in the really deep water out in the middle 15FOW.  best action has been when we find about a foot of weeds off the bottom.   Keep moving around until you get action. 

As for the weather, well, good luck, it comes when it wants. 

[Teamroper3684]

Meal worms arent working to well? An how bout the shrimp? An we will be in a green eskimo lodge somewhere with a big group of people, good luck an hope to see ya out there

[neveruminda]

was fishing there on Sunday in 8 fow - odarkthirty til 3:30pm

despite the afternoon weather, we saw and caught:
  plenty of stockers darting through -
  many large trout that seemed more interested in BB-sized split shot than in the jigs   ? go figure?
  White gitsit's were working well
  however, the larger fish found the Marmooska's most appealing - green w/crystal on top of jig
 
the largest trout were 18.5-20" and 2lbs 12oz to 3lbs 8oz
here's one of them

[Malty Falcon]

So i got to the south side of the dam around 11:15 am on Christmas, and it was gorgeous, no breeze and 24 degrees.  Start walking out to my spot, but GPS was too cold to work.  I stopped at the first shelter to ask directions, and Scott was nice enough to point me in the right direction.  While we were talking, Ray came over from a couple hundred yards away to chat. 
Turns out, my spot was almost half a mile away.  But my spot was RED HOT!  After an hour or so, I broke off my secret jig, available only by mail order from Berkley.  I reached for my tackle tray, and darnit, it fell off the sled while fiddling with the GPS.
I walked all the way back to Scott, retracing my steps, looking for the 4" tall tackle tray in the gloriously blinding sunshine, getting a bit panicky.  Scott didn't have it, but I barely heard a whistle, and, looking into the glare, I thought I saw Ray wave to me. 
Crap, Ray was pretty far away, and in the wrong direction from where I entered the lake.  But, it kinda looked like he was waving, so I hiked over to him. 

Praise The Lord!!  Ray had picked up my tray on his bathroom run, and was somehow keeping his eyes on me from a looong way away!!  What a gentleman!  We chatted for  awhile, and I gave him one of the secret jigs for his efforts. 
I made the long walk back to my spot, feeling rather alone.  The fishing actually got better around 2 pm, with four fish in the next half hour!  I should have re-tied my jigs after those four trout, and finally lost another jig at 2:30, and decided it was time to see the wife for Christmas Day anyway.
Ended the day with about a dozen fish iced and released (except for the two suckers.)

Thanks Ray, with the awesome fishing Camper "1. 2. Fish"
P.S.  It's a 1/16 oz. glow tube tipped with wax worm.
Happy Holidays

[neveruminda]

Thanks for the report Malty