canyon ferry trout

[mtman000]

going over there tomorrow and just wondering if anyone has been doing any good on trout lately. i've heard the perch fishing has been kinda hit or miss but havent heard much about the trout. i'll let you know how we do. thanks

[MT Don]

I went there yesterday. Fished south of Silos...........one fish in four hours. Very slow!

Don

[eroknroll]

how about the ice conditions?  it has been pretty warm, I was thinking about going tomorrow if the ice is ok

[RobG]

Ice is very dry and solid with no snow cover: at least 18 inches... and slippery. I didn't have cleats so I mostly spun around my auger as I tried to drill holes  . Fell on my butt 3 times just walking. Did I mention the ice is slippery? I did manage to hook one nice trout, which broke me off at the hole since I was set up for perch. So slippery I was lucky not to get dragged down the hole.

rg

[Quantoson]

The ice is thick enough to drive on, I would say 20'' thick.  There is a small pressure ridge right as you enter the ice at Silos.  No big deal, most everyone was driving over it and the bigger trucks were driving around it.

I had a fishing buddy fish finder and got out to about 72 feet deep.  I caught small walleye, small rainbow.  The biggest for the walleye and rainbow was about 11''.  No keepers.  Just threw them back.

Oh, I had cleats, so I stayed upright.

I did lose 1 pole and reel, was not ready for the bite, and I had just hit the bottom and was viewing the screen on the fish finder.  Got a hit at 11:30 pm that was so quick and hard it took my rig down the hole, right out my hand. 

[eroknroll]

i was down at the south end early yesterday morning.  I fished the iher side of the pressure ridge, caught on #2 and one #3. I also broke one off in the hole.  Other than that it was pretty slow, I fished until about 230.  The one guy I talked to hadn't had any action, and from what I saw no one else was having great success.  Does anyone fish just before dark?  I am curious if that would be a good time.

[eroknroll]

has anyone been after the trout this week? I'm thinking about going on saturday

[TheGreenHornet]

Don't waste your time...what a horrible fishery.  Guess all the walleye ate the trout.

[eroknroll]

what a tool... has anyone been up there that knows what they are doing this week?

[troutguy]

me and the boy went off the christmas trees yesterday..still slow. only 6 bites, we landed 3 and i lost a big one at the hole...my best was 22 inches and weighed 3.9 lbs at the silos store..we fished in 6-10fow..20 inches of ice. TG

[fishawn]

I fished Staurday afternoon and Sunday morning with two of my friends from Billings. They have never fished over there so I brought them over to my trout hole and we did pretty well. We landed 8 (16"-23") and tips up where going crazy on Sunday morning, but a lot of the fish would only tap the worm and not eat it, so there was a lot of running and walking back all pissed off, but the fish were active and my buddies had a blast pulling in some real decent fish.

[troutguy]

great.. nice to hear a good trout report... where were you guys fishin'... how deep? TG

[allan.brainard]

I fished Staurday afternoon and Sunday morning with two of my friends from Billings. They have never fished over there so I brought them over to my trout hole and we did pretty well. We landed 8 (16"-23") and tips up where going crazy on Sunday morning, but a lot of the fish would only tap the worm and not eat it, so there was a lot of running and walking back all **censored**ed off, but the fish were active and my buddies had a blast pulling in some real decent fish.

   were you fishing with Jason? he sent me some great photos today of his weekend trip with friends to the Silo's

[fishawn]

   were you fishing with Jason? he sent me some great photos today of his weekend trip with friends to the Silo's

Yeah, he was picking up his quad in Butte so I treated him and Pat to some Canyon Ferry trout fishing.

[fishawn]

great.. nice to hear a good trout report... where were you guys fishin'... how deep? TG

Can't tell you exactly where since its a small area, but the fish were hitting in 3-6 fow. Bare hooks tipped with worms.

[troutguy]

thanks... not a problem... sounds like the 'honey hole'... as we call it. TG