Report from 08.03.2015.
The trout season started in Croatia with huge Gacka River water
levels. The second option was a channel near the town of Prelog where
more that 100 trout anglers participated on the opening day. Because of
this, I always prefer to go to the Vitunjcica River where the water
levels are more stable and low and the river is not visited by many. The opening day at Vitunjcica river was good for those few anglers who were fishing there. Everyone had a few nice trout, and Sanjin even caught a beautiful specimen of 75cm.
The following week will be remembered for the strong northern winds
that caused huge damages at the Croatian seacoast. The cold front
affected the appetite of the trout in the river, so on this Saturday it
was almost impossible to see any fish in the river. They were hiding
under the banks or near the branches. Fabian and I tried
everything, but we finished the day with only one decent fish caught by
him: A nice rainbow trout that was caught in the warmest part of the
day, when the wind briefly subsided.
It was a great feeling for
the frozen anglers - and a moment of happiness for Fabijan. Later I had
one smaller rainbow on the dry fly and early in the afternoon we decided
to stop fishing and go home.
