Night Topwater For Trout, 25 July

[lv2fish]

No generation. Fished 10:30 pm til 3 a.m.with light spinning combo between outlets 1 and 2. After experimentation with some small crankbaits early on, settled on a small floating Rapala, gold color. Action picked up after 1 a.m. Fish wanted it very slow ( basically dead sticking with an occasional twitch). Largest was probably 20" but many above 15". 16 rainbows, 3 browns (nice to see a brown once in a while). Not a great night but enjoyable. Only a couple of folks above rebar, several below..

[97procraft]

I have fished that same way before also. I was also using a floating rapala and just twiching in along the surface at night. At the time they were running one unit. Caught several fish close to 20", infact the average size was much larger at night than durring the day. Also hooked two very large fish on a small firetiger rat l trap. The fish played with me for about 5 min before the hook pulled out. I never got to see how large either was.

[lv2fish]

Agree, overall size of evening fish was larger than that caught fly fishing during the day. Perhaps the larger fish are more willing to take off the surface. While healthy, the fish are looking much thinner than this spring when they were fat and sassy. I am wondering if the heat and reduced generation may be affecting the food supply? Still, all fought well and were immediately ready to release.