Deshka 6-23

I visited with a couple of guides today, the fishing on the Deshka remains slow. The midnight Charters are doing better than the day charters. The fish are reportedly bitting between 11 pm and 8 am. The Mouth has hot spots that are different every day and a variety of methods are catching fish. The slow egg retrieve on the bottom with a small spin-n-glo or corky sounds like the best. The guides are spending time at the mouth and upriver. I was also told that the sign hole was absolutly packed with fish and the holes below are full as well. One guide said it was quite the sight watching fish run up the shallows to the sign hole. The water has continued to drop and the river is difficult to navigate but still doable. The guides speculated that if the water comes up with any amount of rain the fishing would be amazing. I must admit it is not much fun reporting on slow fishing conditions, I hope it improves. The fish count yesterday dropped to 260 fish with a total of 9430 fish for the year.