Weather: 50, sunny
Water: high, slightly stained
Hatches: none
Time: april 4th and 5th
Comments: headed to the brule for the opener. Six of us fished hard all day sat. and a half a day on today. Did very well. Out of all of us we hooked about 25 fish. I landed 6 ranging in size from 15in-27in. I did manage to catch two fish that were legal both of them being 27in. All of the fish were dark except for a nice 23in female my younger brother Matt caught this morning. Most of the fish were hooked on yarn, spawn, stone flies, or wooly buggers. It was a beautiful opener. I'll be up there for three days this weekend into early next week to hopefuly hook some more brule river steelies. Please release these precious fish. The fishery is starting to pick up again. Good luck to all who fish the Brule this year. Have fun and be safe.
Nathan Thoreson thoresna@uwec.edu ---------------------------------------------------------------------------