Didn't Wet The Line ~ PT Packed In Winter 22Jan24

Wow. I didn't wet the line today on the PT, though I did try 3 spots. It wasn't worth driving down or dressing up obviously. I stopped 1st at the stadium with no cars in the lot; I suited up kindof excited for the 1st outing of '24. One can't really see the holes or the river from the lot but once down to the river I quickly noted a huge backhoe doing work mid-river; downstream murk and noise closed off that direction.

I headed upstream around the corner toward the reliable bridge show hole. It was occupied with another guy spotting from the bridge. I watched him not catch the fish we saw for a few minutes. I also noted that the next 3 holes behind weirs upstream were also occupied. I went back to the car and headed to the Valco Ponds area.

There were 25 cars between the old building lot and the larger upstream lot. I parked but quickly decided to just head to the Nature Center. Passing through the NC reception area I counted ~5 cars that looked fishy and then arriving at the upstream dirt lot I counted 10 cars with mine ~ WTF, it's a winter weekday. I hopped out to fish but quickly found the best spots occupied again here, often with lots of folks. I hiked upstream in the river and along the bank but this section too was packed. I called it off.

No more images for this entry ~ too depressing.