Fishing Report

[Phil Lilley]

Boated up to Big Hole about 3 pm today. Hardly no one on the lake. No one above Fall Creek except some guys wading along the edges. No wind at all. Very dark, cloud cover, misty rain. I had my spin and fly rod but hadn't done any good jig fishing in a while so the fly rod didn't get used.

Started with a 1/8th oz scuplin/ginger jig. Didn't want to boat above Big Hole... they weren't running enough water to mess with it. Started drifting and catching rainbows. They were hitting it on the drop, not real hard but hard enough to get a good hookset. Drifted all the way to Fall Creek - took 90 minutes. 40 rainbows boated. 11 were under 12 inches. Hooked 30 other trout that pulled out before landing them. Caught 4 below Fall Creek. 19 rainbows came above Lookout, 4 were under 12 inches. Largest- about 15 inches. Had several big-bellied rainbows like they'd been eating shad but I seriously doubt it. All but a few were very healthy and thick. A couple were skinny. 2 dark males. Most of the <12 inchers were very colorful with white tipped fins. And so were a few of the other rainbows. I wanted to take some pics but it was dark and the fish were biting too well.

They quit when I hit Fall Creek- I tried for another 30 minutes there and down at Short Creek but to no avail.

Temp was about 40. Nice not to freeze your fingers!

[laker67]

Man that's a bunch of fish! Glad you had a good trip Phil. Thanks for the report.

[DoveTail]

Sounds like a great trip.

[LASGTA88]

sounds like a successful trip out today... i cant wait till our annual trip in Feb...