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Saturday,
April 18, 1998
With
the trout opener a week away, about 16 volunteers from the
Coldwater River Watershed Council and West Michigan Trout
Unlimited spent the morning picking up trash from along the
banks of the river. We cleaned about five or six miles of
the river, I think from about Carlton Center Road to Morse
Lake Avenue.
Personally,
I didn't see any trout in the river. The only trout I did
see was one that was picked out of the river. One of the
groups cleaning the river found a dead 24" brown trout on
the bottom of the Coldwater. It was found downstream of the
TU property and looked like a natural death. We were all
impressed by such a large trout in here.
So
where does all the trash come from? Certainly we found some
worm containers and fishing line in the trees, but the
overwhelming majority of the trash came in the form of corn
planting signs, everyday household trash, and industrial
trash. In short, the trash came from people who live and
work along the river. No lie.
Sunday,
April 27, 1997
Sue
and I went out fly-fishing together the day after trout
season opened. She had taken a fly-fishing class the week
before from Glen Blackwood of Great Lakes Fly Fishing
Company. Neither of us caught anything, but neither of us
saw anything. Well, I saw one nice 14-inch trout hanging
from the end of a guy's stringer. Nice evening, a few light
mists of rain, but a comfortable 60 degrees. The water was
pretty clear and at what seemed to be a normal depth. Didn't
see anything hatch either. Sue used my leaky waders while I
waded in boots and jeans. Of course, I forgot to bring dry
shoes along.
Sunday,
July 14, 1996
Tried
the Trout Unlimited property just 30 minutes from my house.
The water was lower than normal, but very clear. I caught
five browns, all hatchery fish, on a bead head pheasant
tail. Saw at least 8 people up and down the river in the few
hours I was there. Talked to a few who had fished here for
many years. In the low water, everything was very wadable. I
went past Tyler Creek, but wouldn't go up there again. It
seems to turn into a warm water fishery. In the main river,
there were a few turns and some logs that made some nice
holes to fish. Also several runs of riffles and slow water
make it interesting as well.
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