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Leaping SteelheadThe steelhead run has hit the skids.
Rising St. Joseph River water temperatures have forced migrating steelhead to put on the brakes and take refuge around mouths of cooler, incoming creeks and water discharges.
Some fish are still being caught, said Dick Parker of Central Park Bait in Mishawaka.
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The steelhead trout have arrived in Indiana.
Not in the great numbers that anglers anticipate, but enough that fish are appearing at the South Bend dam and some limits are being caught in Central Park of Mishawaka.
That means you can find fish throughout the St. Joseph River system, from Berrien Springs to Mishawaka.
Dave Meuninck of Bodine Fish Hatchery in Mishawaka said crews captured 22 Skamania in the South Bend ladder Monday and another 21 on Wednesday.
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Be extra cautious at the ramp.My best friend has nicknamed me Just-in-case.
He says Im always taking extra precautions, somewhat needlessly.
But then, the evils of misfortune seem to have a thing for me, kinda like the poor guy who owns the boat and truck in the photo here.
Heres what happened, according to Osceola angler Kris Thornton, who was on hand at the Paw Paw Lake boat launch last weekend when the incident occurred.
The unfortunate angler, whom we respectively wont name, had just loaded his boat at the ramp.
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Cooler water temperatures, coupled with occasional rainstorms, are putting fish on the move.
A call to area bait and tackle shops this week indicates the fish are starting to transition from the dog days of summer to early fall with their movements.
Weather has certainly improved the summer/fall steelhead run except in South Bend waters of the St. Joseph River. Trail Creek, however, has experienced a spurt of fresh steelhead moving into the Michigan City tributary.
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Steelhead movement up the St. Joseph River remains slow, but Trail Creek in Michigan City is a different matter.
Indiana fish managers have captured 76 fresh fish at the Trail Creek weir and have passed several other trout and salmon there the past couple of days.
The adult fish are being taken to Bodine Fish Hatchery in Mishawaka where they will be matured and used to produce eggs and future stockings. The Trail Creek location had to be used in light of minimal fish movements in the St. Joe, due to low water conditions.