July 13th Fishing Report
A chance of showers between 9am and noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 80. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.Up to 3/4 of an inch of rain finally fell area wide yesterday. While this will not move the needle much in terms of water levels, it was a welcome relief (and the fish were crazy happy yesterday with the clouds and rain!)
Mild today, a bit warmer on Friday, but a very pleasant weather weekend forecasted (83 Saurday, 79 Sunday, 73 Monday!) with cooler overnight temperatures. This will really help the morning bite.
Water temperatures are still an issue, but only on the biggest waters (West Fork, Bad Axe watersheds etc) Smaller creeks and tributaries are in decent shape in the mornings.
We are seeing tricos here and there early, then fishing small ants, beetles, and hoppers to mid day. Fishing is still shutting down mid day (unless we have cloud cover) and will pick up again in the late evening before sunset.
We still need some rains to fill the creeks. While we are lucky that temperatures are mostly stable thanks to cool weather, the low flows are making fishing difficult. Please use your thermometer and avoid anything in the high 60s water temperature wise.