I went out earlier today to Lancaster county and fished a few tributaries of the Susq and another nearby creek, it was really difficult finding fishable water and when I did my options were limited; I can’t wait for Spring! Awesome video to see how they interface with their environment in winter ❄️
I’m primarily a bass fisherman and I’d ice fish in the winter. We no longer seem to consistently get safe ice here in the Poconos so I started trout fishing small streams in the winter. First with spinning gear and a couple years ago I added fly fishing to my arsenal. I still do most of my trout fishing over the winter. I caught a some brook trout when I went out 1/12 and find brook trout to be fairly aggressive throughout the winter. With the cold weather we are getting I am having trouble finding any open water and the creek I hiked into last weekend almost completely ice covered. Great video, enjoy your show.
Outstanding video from the depths of winter.. so cool to just watch and learn behaviors that we anglers never get to see.. sad my streams are frozen at this moment.. but soon it will be time… tight line my friend…
This is a perfect example of why it is so important to protect a fishes slime coat. fish and eels in the ocean that live on shallow reefs often get stuck in tide pools that can quickly dry up at low tide leaving them helpless in the sun and they will secrete extra slime in an effort to keep their temperature down and their gills wet this will happen naturally over the duration of the event it’s not an instant solution so by the water slowly being evaporated it gives them time to prepare for the coming conditions and the slime coat can actually trap some of the remaining water in it like a bubble as well if the fish fills its mouth and gills with water before excreteing the slime coat it will but itself valuable time and when the water does evaporate the fishes slime coat will pick up sand and any leaf matter or whatever is around it and that blocks out the sun from speeding up the drying process. And sometimes when the water does return the fish will have enough moisture left in its gills and it will have slowed its heart rate enough to survive off what it had with it in the survival shell it created.
I went out earlier today to Lancaster county and fished a few tributaries of the Susq and another nearby creek, it was really difficult finding fishable water and when I did my options were limited; I can’t wait for Spring! Awesome video to see how they interface with their environment in winter ❄️
Good to see your little buddies are doing just fine. These fish truly are a marvel. Shout out from cold Mnt stream water Brookies of WV
Your best video yet. Keep them coming.
I’m primarily a bass fisherman and I’d ice fish in the winter. We no longer seem to consistently get safe ice here in the Poconos so I started trout fishing small streams in the winter. First with spinning gear and a couple years ago I added fly fishing to my arsenal. I still do most of my trout fishing over the winter. I caught a some brook trout when I went out 1/12 and find brook trout to be fairly aggressive throughout the winter. With the cold weather we are getting I am having trouble finding any open water and the creek I hiked into last weekend almost completely ice covered. Great video, enjoy your show.
Outstanding video from the depths of winter.. so cool to just watch and learn behaviors that we anglers never get to see.. sad my streams are frozen at this moment.. but soon it will be time… tight line my friend…
This is a perfect example of why it is so important to protect a fishes slime coat. fish and eels in the ocean that live on shallow reefs often get stuck in tide pools that can quickly dry up at low tide leaving them helpless in the sun and they will secrete extra slime in an effort to keep their temperature down and their gills wet this will happen naturally over the duration of the event it’s not an instant solution so by the water slowly being evaporated it gives them time to prepare for the coming conditions and the slime coat can actually trap some of the remaining water in it like a bubble as well if the fish fills its mouth and gills with water before excreteing the slime coat it will but itself valuable time and when the water does evaporate the fishes slime coat will pick up sand and any leaf matter or whatever is around it and that blocks out the sun from speeding up the drying process. And sometimes when the water does return the fish will have enough moisture left in its gills and it will have slowed its heart rate enough to survive off what it had with it in the survival shell it created.