Johnsfolly

Awesome brown trout! Congrats!

@Jhoff Congrats on a great day of fishing with your boy! I'm sure that you made some great memories.

Good looking browns. Congrats!

I also heard that Bruce Dern hated that film and regretted being part of it because he became a public enemy for killing John Wayne. Also that John Wayne reeked of whiskey when he told Dern about folks hating him for killing Wayne's character as they shot that scene.

I have a tough time putting any of the comic book hero movies into the same mix as movies like the Quiet Man or Cool Hand Luke. It's almost like they are guilty pleasure movies. I enjoy most of them and have seen several like the Avengers over and over again.

I do like Predator but think that Alien was a better horror movie.

I would suggest getting a 7 foot Browning Airstream. Bass pro sells then for $59.99 but often has them on sale for $49. They are lightweight rods with a lot of sensitivity and a decent backbone for good hooksets and able to land big fish. Lots of the fish photos on the Jigfest threads were landed with Airstream rods.

Congrats Quill! Nice day out on the lake buddy!

Last night was we needed to use some leftovers. Had pork loin roast leftovers. I sliced the roast into 1/4" slices and sliced an onion. Those got sauted in a cast iron pan until the meat was browned. Added a pork brown gravy and into the oven. Made mashed potatoes and steamed some sugar snap peas. Served the meat and gravy over the potatoes. Salt and pepper to taste .

Yesterday made a quick soft scramble with Folly Farm fresh eggs with a little Old bay, red pepper flakes, and garlic powder. Added shredded smoked cheddar cheese courtesy of @WoundedOne . Taking photo tips from @Terrierman

Looking at the regulations it appears that trout in lakes 3, 22, and 23 can be harvested at any time. Whereas lakes 21 and 28 are catch and release until Feb 1st. Could be confusing.

In Colorado, maybe there is something in the water that gives them the munchies if you know what I mean ! Can you catch them on Dorito flies !

The pools with the large schools of brookies that I fished on Mullen Creek in Wyoming would scatter when anything natural or otherwise hit the water. I had to find smaller schools and wait a bit after getting to a new hole to actually get to fish them. The ones in Western Maryland don't act that way. They seem to not bother a whole lot when you get to a new pool. So maybe the fish in that creek in Wyoming are the outliers. Out West eat them up. They are very tasty after spending their entire lives feeding of what the creek was providing. Here in Maryland treat them well and release. Go eat the stocker rainbows if you need trout to eat .

Out west they are a bit spooky, but abundant. Usually can get them calm enough to catch a meal or two.

Got out again today. It was 3 deg when I got up. About 9 am it was 5 with a feels like temp of minus 11. So I waited for it to warm up further. Headed out by 3 when it was a balmy 24 with a feels like temp of 18 deg. Started with the chenille cream grub microjig. Only one or two fish showed any interest. Then a 1/32 oz roostertail with prop blade. Had a couple tag the bait but not get hooked. I put on a meat jig (white and salmon marabou). Caught 5 in short order. Lost a few then they lost interest. Switched to John Deere microjig and only got a passing interest. Then put the white microjig that was successful and again nothing. Switched back to the meat jig and caught a couple more. There was a 16 inch brown trout that would chase the hooked fish. I switched to a silver PET 1/16 oz spoon. That got the brown's attention but only got really chased by rainbows. Ended up landing a 15 inch rainbow. Again switched to a 1/16 olive/ginger zig jig and caught a northern rock bass and a few rainbows. Finally ended the day on a rapala jerkbait. I caught a few rainbows between 12 to 15 inches and one over 15 inches. The brown chased it a couple of times then no interest. Ended up with 16 rainbows and the rock bass in 2 hours of fishing. By 5:20 pm there was only one other person fishing with me. No fish photos due to the cold. Wanted to get them back in the water as soon as possible.

Congrats on surviving the opener and catching a bunch of fish. Seemed like some of the pointers helped. Great job on picking up the fly rod.

Now you and Pat are internet stars. Just imagine how many men are watching that now think that they can go buy a trolling motor for their wife's birthday 😌. Can't wait to see Pat's present in action.

also if you can't laugh at yourself life just isn't fun.

DJ who has the photo. You or Brett?

Fake news!

There are worse things to be acccussed of Marty. Still remember those striped shiners and sculpin that you enjoyed catching during the catch and release at Bennett's. Also those little native trout would be considered micros as well😛.

I am not a crowded stream front fishetman any more. So have always stayed away from the openers at the parks. Been fishing down on the White river and my filght back to Maryland is on Tues. So stopped in Lebanon as a good middle ground. Was originally planning and may still go out the park today when it gets above 10 deg maybe. So when I pulled into Lebanon yesterday and it was a balmy 24 deg with much colder temps coming I got out the the park in the afternoon. Got out by 4:30 and fshed for just over an hour when the dipping sun and the cool wind drove me to warmer temps. Water was a little stained making it hard for me to see the fish react to my baits. I chose a white microjig. That's my typical go to bait to start. If there are active fish I can usually fool a few. Started on the whistle bridge and had that section of creek all to myself for a while. Some fish seemed tired from the onslaught but I found and landed four takers on that bait. After the third fish a couple of guys showed up to fish. I tried for some sculpin by bouncing it next to a large dock. One would rush the bait but not really bite then back under the rock. Had another smaller one creep up in the bait and never commit. Bery skittish and not sure why. Switched to a yellow/pink/fuchsia globall and got one 14 inch rainbow to bite. Headed upstream closer to the spring and switched to a cream chenille microjig grub. The water was stained worse up there and the wind picked up. Only fish that I caught was an Ozark sculpin. We'll see if I get out again today. This post has been promoted to an article

That is being on the good side😁!

That's why I microfish. Duane did a great job making that logperch look big😁.