2013 Trout Fishing

[MarkinKC]

I'm giving some thought to trying to catch & release a few this Friday. With a few days of slightly warmer weather are there some open areas in which to fish?

[MarkinKC]

Didn't make it in January, but did go out Saturday for the first time this year and fished 4 hours or so at Coot. I wish I could say I had this strategy all planned out, but I eventually ended up on a section of bank where the winds were whipping up whitecaps. Blowing directly at me and chilly. The wind/waves must have stirred up the bottom which attracted the minnows which in turn attracted the fish. I caught and released 45 Rainbows including two about 3lbs. Most were caught in about a 2-hour time frame, and when the wind died down so did the fishing. Nevertheless it was one of my best days ever. Used green and yellow mini-jigs with my strike indicator set at about 24 inches. Nothing suttle about the bites either, they pulled my dime-sized thingamabobber under like a catfish. I cannot ever remember more trout jumping while I played them. They were really charged up. Get out and have some fun and take the kids.