Sounds good Connor, looking forward to the report and pictures - the Grand Canyon is an incredible place, and one we plan to hike again in a few years once the kiddos are ready for it. I recall that just prior to my trip, it was park policy to remove non-native species from the park if natives were demonstrably impacted. So, there was active effort to thin or eliminate Trout from the Colorado River throughout the park due to the threatened status of a native Sucker or something. That said, a wild population of Trout had long been established up Bright Angel, and no impact to natives was documented there, so they were allowed to stay. The park service built a weir at the mouth of Bright Angel where it enters the Colorado to prevent Trout in the Colorado from spawning in Bright Angel, but the Bright Angel population remained intact.
Have an awesome trip!!
Dan
So, I can't speak to the current status of Trout in the Colorado. But, if you have a chance to hike up Bright Angel, do it. You'll want to get well above the Bright Angel campground and Phantom Ranch, but after that, there is nothing along the creek but the trail. Even if you don't wade you should find some nice areas to rock hop, etc. General purpose patterns should do, this is like small stream fishing and the fish are opportunistic as such.
I did not hit any other tribs while we were there. The hiking kicked my butt, especially because I carried quite a bit too much on that trip, so I was more than content to fish along Bright Angel and found plenty of fish accordingly.
Have an awesome trip!!
Dan
On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 9:58 AM, Connor Donovan <donovac@gmail.com> wrote:
Thanks the for the replies guys!--Dan - I'm hoping we can spend some time fishing Bright Angel if it/we isn't/aren't too cold. We'll be making a pit stop there on day 10 of 28 of our rafting trip. And assuming we can nail the pull-ins, also hoping to hit a few of the other streams and their confluences that may hold fish too. Did you poke around some of the other tribs within a day's hike from the Bright Angel?Ed - thanks for posting about the rental motor boats. I was hoping to get chance to motor up river to fish some before shoving off but looks like we'll be crunched for time once we arrive at Lees and can't swing it. But hopefully I'll be back to do it again at some point in the future!I'll make sure to post a report when we get back at the end of January.Connor
On Friday, December 1, 2017 at 8:00:20 AM UTC-5, Bamboo Ed wrote:Hi, last summer I did a float trip from directly below Glen Canyon dam to Lee's Ferry. Saw lots of big trout. I had planned to fish that day but couldn't figure out how to be in two places 100 miles apart at the same time.
On the stretch you put in with a motor boat at Lee's ferry and motor up and fish down.
There are three good campsites on that stretch. No one was one then when I was there.
You can rent a boat for not that much money.
There is also guided fishing. Can't remember the names but there are 2 lodged near Lees Ferry. I think they also offer the rental boats.
http://www.tpfr.org
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