Went up really early with my buddy to do some fishing at a lake that holds some huge trout. After the long drive, we got there at around 7:00 AM and started getting the belly boats blown up and acclimated to the water. Got a couple bites early but nothing that committed until out on the float tubes. Had a really nice size cutthroat get off a few feet from the net, which was sad. Landed a small but healthy tiger soon after that. The next 4 hours were a grind with only one bite for me. Wish I had brought my fly gear this day. Things turned around though shortly after we got out of the water…
I was using a small lipless crankbait that I use for ice fishing (HD ICE) and casting it around some small, floating land masses that you could get out on…sort of. Best comparison I can make is a floating bog, with some being ok to stand on and others not so much. I foul hooked a fathead minnow while bobbing it around and figured just to keep the minnow on. Shortly after a really nice tiger trout came out from under the floating bog I was on and took the lure! It was really exciting to see as it missed the minnow a few times before just deciding to engulf the lure. I decided to try and catch a few more minnows with my buddies small-holed net and succeeded. This resulted in me missing a tiger that was smart enough to just nip the minnow off the hook, and me breaking off a big cutthroat.
BRIGHT and SUNNY morning with a big temperature fluctuation from arrival to departure. We showed up and it was 34 degrees and by the time we left it was 74. I was wearing my winter coat to start off the morning haha. No wind with plenty of small gnats and mosquitos flying around that the trout were rising on. I love throwing scuds on a hopper dropper and there were really big scuds swimming around all over. Might be heading back soon to get after it but until then…Hope you guys enjoy the fun fishing in the link below! (I ALSO TRIED INCLUDING A SNIPPET OF THE SIGHT FISHING, NOT SURE IF IT WILL WORK)
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