With the main forage being Alewives these brown trout are fat and juiced up with early season energy. A good number of alewives are found for the first few miles below the Cannonsville dam right now. And we’re seeing a majority of the trout are feasting on them. Some skinny trout mixed in.
Today’s bite started slow, with the best bite window coming between 1-3pm. Then many follows and more hookups afterwards. Dan B. And his finesse with high quality equipment was able to put 20 brown trout to the boat today with three measuring 19.5”.
A great day for a cold start in graupel snowflakes, and 39 degree water in the morning. Here are some photos of the dead alewives and some quality browns Dan landed today.
