Bennett Springs Report From W-End

[Todd in Rocheport]

On Friday morning my dad, my grandpa, and I went down to have a good day fishing down at ole, Bennett. I started out right under the falls where the siren is, my dad started out wading out under the falls where I was, and my Grandpa started out right above the falls. I did not have my eye on my Grandpa so I'm preety sure my dad was the first to catch a fish, oh his second or thrid cast. By the time he dad two I finally caught my first fish on a black and yellow marabou jig, not huge but decent. Then two casts after that I hooked into something you could tell had some size to you can tell you have a big one when all you feel on the end of your pole is just TUG TUG TUG (THATS MY FAVORITE!) So when everything was all said and done I just landed a nice 16 inch rainbow. As for my grandpa I looked up and he had the biggest birds nest you have ever seen. Of cource after I saw that I started to fly fish and right off the bat got an even BIGGER birds nest. So I had to go back to my spin rod because I'm too lazy to retie my fly rod with another scud. As the day began to progress I realized the black and yellow marabou WAS THE TICKET! I moved down to the bridge right under the falls and I waded out casting into the middle tunnel with my marabou the fish were STACKED under there. I caught 13 fish no smaller than about 10-12 inches in about and hour or so, not that was fun! (Can't you guys tell I'm talking about just me not my grandpa or my dad? I guess you can say my day was a bit more exciting!) Okay so we had been fishing for about 2 or 3 hours so went up to the shop to get a little snack after that we went down below the tubes and the fish were STACKED in there too! I think I caught 8 fish down there, all off a black scud and a white marabou jig, one of those fish I caught was a very nice smallie. Along with that a BUNCH of chubs. After that we went up by where the spring lets out water then down below the rapids right there, that was hot too! I started striping a olive wolly bugger, I waded out and walked down the spring to keep catching those fish! I ended up catching about 9 fish there. So at the end of the from starting siren to ending siren I ended up with 30 fish, my grandpa had 21, and my dad had 40 so he blew us away in catching the fish, but his biggest fish was as big and my smallest fish, take that! I also won 13 dollars off my grandpa in Gin Rummy, I'm only 14!

[stlfisher]

Looks like you had a great trip with the family and caught lot's of fish!

[Wayne SW/MO]

Sounds like a fun trip for you, glad you got to make it.

[FishinCricket]

Nice report man!!

[Thom]

Nice report man!!

Great report. Reminds me of my own son at 14. By then he was tying his own flies and outfishing me most trips and I loved it. Now my grandson also gives me a run for my money. Actually both grandsons.

I will never forget the night at Lilleys when the boys woked me at 2 AM with a 5 pound rainbow caught on black jigs they had tied that afternoon. I just got back to sleep and there was another one around the same size. They were about the middle and down from the dock in our boat in front of the house there and bouncing off the bottom in the nice hole that used to be there below a riffle.

Memories!!

[fishinwrench]

Waytago, Todd !

"a black scud" hu? Hmmm, you might wanna keep that under your hat

Thanks for the report, bro.

[Trout Commander]

Sounds like a good trip. Don't let the old man sandbag you out of your allowance though!

[Phil Lilley]

Todd- do you have any pictures of the trip. Would be interested in seeing, posting a few.

Thanks!