Elk River, North Alabama

[zman]

Fished a half day out of anderson creek today. Caught 8 total, fish are on isolated wood close to spawning flats. Caught 4 on jigs, 3 on tiki sticks and 1 on a luhr jenson nipididdee at dusk. A lot of boaters out on a sunday, those water skiers must be dumb as bricks to try and ski in a river as loaded with floating logs as the elk. No mayflies as of yet, but with temps getting into or near the 90s it wont be long.

[fastcat]

I was at a fishin' club in Marion, Al this weekend and the mayflies have started hatching out there. Shouldnt be to long till they started hatching on the Elk.

[zman]

Marion as in near Camden and Milelr's Ferry?

[fastcat]

Yeah thats it.

[Bassin_Dude]

here is a good ? what is a mayfly??? do they have ''mayflies'' down here in florida? i dont think i have ever seen one?

[fastcat]

Thats a Mayfly

[zman]

02, I've heard that you have them - can't say for sure.

Mayflies are a pretty famous type of bug that tends to hatch from I guess may to august depending on where you are. They hatch so thick along the banks of rivers that it becomes a mojor fishing event, with bream bass and especially trout gorging themeselves. So when the mayflies hatch, get out your flyrod and have fun.

BTW, lots of reports now of a hatch near decatur - gonna see for myself if I can tomorrow.

Dyas: I'm gonna try to take my boat down to UA this year - if I get a chance I'm sure I will be driving down through Marion to Millers Ferry.

[fastcat]

Well WTL good luck, hope you catch a big one. I'll probably be back at the club in Marion in two weeks or so. Maybe by then the water will be a little clearer than it has been with all this rain.

[Bassin_Dude]

they are either not hatched yet, or we dont have them....because i havnt seen any thing like that.

[fastcat]

If there any down there they are already hatched. A lot of them have already started dieing and falling out of the trees here in Atmore.