Tons Of Fish... And One Kicker!

[JD Dudley]

Hooked up the boat and took my son, Father-in-law, and brother-in-law yesterday. Fished around Cotter for about 2 1/2 hours. Between the 4 of us, we caught around 50 between Cotter and Reds, including one 28 inch Brown that my father in law caught... quite a site to see this man, who had never trout fished before, fight and land this fish on 2 lb. line... INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE for him to catch it and the three of us to watch as his Shimano Symmetre was singin'!

Soon after, loaded up the boat, ate lunch and then headed to Ranchette. Motored up to Crooked Creek and fished down from there. Havent' fished that stretch in over 10 years, but fishing was as good as I've ever seen it. There was one stretch where I caught 5 in 5 casts and could've caught several more in a row, if not for unhooking fish and retying jigs for those with me (well worth doing it so they could experience it as well). I totaled the number of fish in one 15 minute stretch at 13 fish. Saw a good amount of 5-10 pound Browns in this stretch as well but no takers on this run.

Overall, incredible day... well over a hundred fish, father in law caught a goodern and a bunch of fun ones, 7 year old son learned more about God's creation and caught some fish as well (as well as learning how hard it is to swim in COLD water), got to fish with my brother in law for the first time in a while, and I got to watch and experience all of it! Very thankful!

For what it's worth, every fish we caught was on a home-made 1/16 oz. black jig on 2 lb. line. Even though the jigs are home-made, I'm sure that PJ's or the zigjig would've and probably did just as well.

Odd note... been fishing the White for over 25 years and saw a fish yesterday that I've NEVER seen before... it was an ORANGE Trout. It's entire body was bright orange, like a goldfish. I've seen orange carp before in the lake while bassin' AND know what a goldfish looks like, but this one was neither... it was a trout! Same body shape and actions as a trout, but completely orange! Any thoughts?

[Quillback]

There's a thread about 6 topics below on those Yeller (Palomino) trout. Don't call it a "Golden" trout or people will launch into 500 word essays on the difference between a true golden trout and a palomino.

[Phil Lilley]

Thanks for the report, JD. Got any pics of the big brown?

I'm going to have to get you or your dad to take me down there someday. Sounds like my kind of fishing! I'll bring my jigs.

[JD Dudley]

Phil, me or dad would love to take you over there... just a matter of finding the time and getting it set up. Got video of the Brown on my iphone and will try to download it later. Beautiful fish, VERY healthy and certainly not the only one we saw. Also, saw a bunch of them in the Cotter run. Miss going over there, just haven't had time with work and bassin'.

Read the thread on the "Golden", but still don't quite understand what causes that.

[Outside Bend]

Phil, me or dad would love to take you over there... just a matter of finding the time and getting it set up. Got video of the Brown on my iphone and will try to download it later. Beautiful fish, VERY healthy and certainly not the only one we saw. Also, saw a bunch of them in the Cotter run. Miss going over there, just haven't had time with work and bassin'.

Read the thread on the "Golden", but still don't quite understand what causes that.

It's a genetic trait, the offspring inherited two recessive albino genes from its parents, as opposed to to non-albino genes, or a dominant non-albino gene and one recessive albino gene.

It's the same thing that happens in albino bunnies or pythons or bullfrogs or anything else- pretty rare in nature, but they can be produced in a hatchery fairly easily. Still a little surprising they've made it this far given all the big browns you saw

Sounds like you had an excellent trip, glad you had fun.

[eric1978]

It's a genetic trait, the offspring inherited two recessive albino genes from its parents, as opposed to to non-albino genes, or a dominant non-albino gene and one recessive albino gene.

It's the same thing that happens in albino bunnies or pythons or bullfrogs or anything else

Also the same as blue eyes in humans. I was looking into how genes work after we had our baby last week. Pretty interesting stuff.