The Ice is Gone, and the Cutts are on!

[CoastalCutt]

Got out today to one of my favorite year round foothill lakes, and though some ice was still on one half of the small lake, I managed to do really well and score some beautiful mid- winter coastal cutts. on chironimids. It was the ticket and certainly the cure for my recent case of cabin fever! Oh, and I managed to have two fish take my two chronies simultaneously and land them both....a real bonus.

[Dean Edwards]

Beautiful little cutties. :thumb:

[Gary Thompson]

Sweeeeeeeet

[flytyerboy95]

are thoughs open??????

[CoastalCutt]

are thoughs open??????

??????????

[gigharborflyfisher]

Amazing looking cutthroat, looks like a sweet spot you have there!!

[flytyerboy95]

the ponds i did not think they were open yet?????

[CoastalCutt]

Oh, "are those open"......yes I stated it was an unnamed, therefore year round lake. Beaver Ponds open along with streams on June 1st, but this is a lake. Get out a map and start exploring......you'll eventually run into little unknown bodies of water like this.

[flytyerboy95]

oh i got confused it sure looks like a beaver pond. my bad!!

[CoastalCutt]

Yeah it's definitely not clear what a "beaver pond" is in the regs. But most know what is and isn't. This lake is about eight acres, far too big for a beaver pond, and it's permanent/been there for years unlike the flucuation and inconsistent presence of a lot of beaver ponds.

[flytyerboy95]

huu well then the "beaverponds" i found must be lakes because there big and the sure dont seem to flucshuate?

[CoastalCutt]

It's hard to tell the difference and there is no clear definition in the regulations. If the body of water is not directly tied into a stream and there's not a big ass beaver hut in it, I think it's fine.