Opening Weekend With A Few Good Fish

[ekl-stl]

We hit the river on Saturday... caught a few on dries and enjoyed some nice weather..

Opening day was eventful.. I landed a 20" rainbow for my third fish and after a quick pic, returned it..

Later that day my dad landed an 8lb 14oz monster... That thing looked more like a salmon..

[10pointer]

nice fish eric! Im guessing thats the fish from just above hudson that a guy with a flyrod broke off early in the morning? your dads pic is on the MDC website, i didnt know if you knew that or not. I eeked one out with a 3lb2oz right about 20"....Most of the lunkers i saw except for your dads were all super skinny torpedos. I was only able to stay til 11am on the opener because i had to get back home because i had 3 exams to study for the next day

Ill be heading down for the day here in about 3 hours. I heard there are quite a few big fish left around

[ekl-stl]

That would be the fish that the guy with the fly rod broke off.. His orange egg was still in his mouth. I will check out the MDC site for his fish, thanks!.. Yeah there were lots of 3-4lbers this year.. not sure why?? Seems the hatchery isn't producing like it did in 2008..

[duckydoty]

Great fish! I released all my fish on opening day also. All the lunkers I hooked up with got released even before I got to pull them out of the water for a picture.

[laker67]

Great fish! I released all my fish on opening day also. All the lunkers I hooked up with got released even before I got to pull them out of the water for a picture.

You're so good at that. It keeps your net from getting all smelly and slimey.

[troutman11]

beautiful fish my bro read in the paper that 8lb 14oz was the biggest fish caught on opening day? Im assuming thats it? man i sure wish i could have gotten out there:)