I got out to the lake at North Shore around 8:45 and the girl at check-in said they planted South Shore and the Trout Pond yesterday. OK, I had no desire to get into the combat fishing that's the Trout Pond the day after they plant.
So I drove out to our little cove below the parking lot at the Day Use Area. Set up my chair and put one rod out with rainbow Power Bait and the other one with a crawler and a couple white floaty things. Drank a cup of coffee and ate an apple danish. One has to get their priorities straight.
See, nice and quiet |
Suddenly I noticed about two dozen fish zipping by, right in front of me. My guess would be a trout can travel at about 15 mph. An educated guess, mind you. These two dozen were going at least 60 mph. They were hauling trout butt and heading South.
They went that way, FAST. |
Nice and calm. |
Fish one through five were little 12" DFW stocker Rainbows. Fish six & eight were Mt. Lassen Rainbows about a pound to pound and a half. Fish seven, nine, and ten were little stockers.
Oh, I tried not to catch any. I used Mouse Tails, Kastmasters, and even white Crappie jigs, but they only wanted rainbow Power Bait on a slip sinker rig. Every time I threw it out, they bit until I decided that either 12 or 1:00 pm, which ever came first, I would call it a day.
Now you say, of course 12 would come before 1:00, but I wasn't talking about Noon, I was talking about a dozen fish or 1:00 pm. As it turned out, 1:00 pm came first and I headed home.
No, I didn't keep any. I put them all back for another day or for someone else to catch.
Getting ready for a warm weekend. |
So between the geese and the fish biting, there was no peace and quiet at the lake today.
Yup, no peace and quiet, but, I still wish I was there sharing the shoreline with you. Oh, I do have my priorities straight. I love apple danishes!
ReplyDeletePeace and quiet that's what I love about the small stream.
ReplyDeleteI agree you must have priorities, and coffee and danish are in the top two.
Mark
ReplyDeleteSounds like a good combination, peace and quite that is, glad you had good trip.
I look forward to one of those noisy fish days with you on the lake later this month!
ReplyDeleteWay better than sitting inside all day. An apple danish sounds good right about now. House boats! That must be a humongous lake!
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