April 1st fishing report

[Kicknbass]

I was fortunate enough to get down to the Branson area w/ the family on Friday and Saturday enabling me to get out on the water Saturday morning for a few hours to fish the area below Tablerock dam. I was able to catch several fish in 3 hours of fishing. Most fish caught were nice size fish the largest being a 19" brown. I caught a few fish on an #10 olive wooly but the 19" brown came on an orange egg pattern drifted behind the wooly. I had to fight the brown for several minutes before I was able to land him. It's amazing how hard the browns fight. This fish just didn't want to quit. While fighting the fish, three guys in a drift boat that had put in at the boat were rowing up stream and was gracious enough to wait for me to play the fish out and before passing allowing me to land the fish and take a few pics before releasing.

It was a beautiful day to be on the stream fishing.

[Greg]

I agree with you about the great fight most of the brown trout of that size put up. Last fall I caught a brown about that same size 19/20" and he never really gave up. I was about to break him off because I was afraid the length of the fight would kill him. But I finally did get him in and he seemed fine when I released him.

Greg

[Kicknbass]

The brown seem fine when released. I caught a rainbow about 16" long earlier, and when released he just wanted to roll over. I pushed and pulled him through the water a few times and he righted himself and swam away. I hope he made it. The rainbow just don't seem as durable as the brown.

[Kicknbass]

Here is a picture of the fish.