When life is offering you everything you need, you still need an adventure. And that’s just what the Savage family from Dallas, Texas, did. They had the chance to go fishing with Carl Caso from That Dam Guide Service, (860) 350-3050.
One of the things I like about Carl as a guide is that he doesn’t only do conventional trips, he also teaches fly fishing and is a fly guide. He’s very patient and compassionate to his clients, and Savage family did haul in the trout.
Carl said that they used Berkley’s Gulp! 1-inch Floating Pinched Crawler in natural color. It looks just like a piece of pinched off nightcrawler. Pinched crawler comes in all colors, and yellow has been another popular color.
Anything that Berkley puts out that has Gulp! on the packaging is going to catch fish. They come in a little packet that the bait is soaking in a scent that makes the trout go crazy.
They were fishing in slack water close to the US 62 bridge on the White River.
I would say right now the White River below Beaver Lake is a nice spot to be for multiple reasons. For one, the trout jumping in the boat, and for another it’s always cooler down by the river. The water temperature runs about 52° to 55° all year. That’s because they release water daily at the base of the dam, water that comes from deep down in Beaver Lake, 100 or more feet, where the water is very cold. Trout love it.
People are trying to start early around 6 – 7 a.m. and are out by 10 –11 a.m. to beat the heat, plus the midday bite, whether on the rivers or the lakes, just tapers off.
The Kings River is getting really good reports right now. The Kings has so much to offer this time of year,
especially small mouth bass fishing. Other species in the river are Spotted Bass, Spotted Gar, Channel Catfish, Ozark Bass, Longear Sunfish, and Green Sunfish, Walleye, White Bass and more.
With warmer temperatures, the smallmouth bass are more active right now. I love exploring and fishing this river, because you never know what’s gonna be on the other end of the line. Some hot lures to use on the Kings River are a white Rooster Tail with a red head, a jointed Rapala silver and black, and tube jigs. But personally, when I fish the Kings I like to pull out the old flyrod. I use a white woolly booger with a red wrap around its neck, crawdad patterns, streamers, and colors of white or orange and brown.
And before the sun goes down, I’ll pull out some type of popper again in white and red. That has always been a killer color on the Kings.
If you need help getting out and planning your special adventure out on the water whether it’s fishing or just sightseeing, give me a call at Custom Adventures Guide Service (479) 244-5259. Take a kid fishing!