Members Ralda Posted March 3, 2015 Members Posted March 3, 2015 I took my son trout fishing yesterday for the first time ever. I live in Willard and my typical fishing trip is to Stockton Lake for Crappie, Bass, or Catfish. After making some smoked trout on my Kamado Joe Smoker, My son (age 10), asked why we couldn't fish for the rainbow's instead of buying them. My initial response was to tell him I hadn't figured out how to use the fly rod I purchased at a yard sale a few years ago. After reading a bit on this site, especially Phil Lilley's posts, I decided to break out the crappie gear and add some 4lb line. A couple of people at Bass pro gave some good beginner advice, we chose powerbait (both the putty and round bait balls). We fished at the Cooper Creek fishing dock and each of us caught our first ever trout! Two rainbow's 10 and 11.5 inches long. I can't stop reading about it now and wanted to say thank you to everyone who contributed to our success and to everyone who post on this site. It's good entertainment until we return to Taneycomo. Terrierman, Phil Lilley, Ham and 4 others 7
Deadstream Posted March 3, 2015 Posted March 3, 2015 Congratulations. You can always stop in at Lilleys Landing for supplies and advice, they have a nice dock also. Ham 1
Members whatnext Posted March 3, 2015 Members Posted March 3, 2015 You should have NEVER started, it always starts with one or two fish. Next thing you know you'll be skipping work and sneaking off to the boat ramp trying to bum "bait money" :-) lol Daryk Campbell Sr 1
Aggressor1988long Posted March 4, 2015 Posted March 4, 2015 Really cool im from willard, just started also fishing out of cooper creek, sometimes off dock sometimes in boat. Stop in at lilies landing they have jigs at a fair price.
Flysmallie Posted March 4, 2015 Posted March 4, 2015 Kids like a change of pace that's for sure. Good job on finding another option for fishing. And why is everybody from Willard all of a sudden? Aggressor1988long 1
Terrierman Posted March 4, 2015 Posted March 4, 2015 Shoot me a PM and if we can work it out I'll be honored to take you and your son out sometime. bs1827, ness, Ralda and 2 others 5
Aggressor1988long Posted March 4, 2015 Posted March 4, 2015 Kids like a change of pace that's for sure. Good job on finding another option for fishing. And why is everybody from Willard all of a sudden? yep im from willard and my last name is long.. so if you know any long's im one of them, and actually my uncle owned " catchem all bait shop" in Aldrich. Ralda 1
Aggressor1988long Posted March 4, 2015 Posted March 4, 2015 Terrierman, now thats a good fella there!!!!!! Ralda 1
Members Ralda Posted March 4, 2015 Author Members Posted March 4, 2015 Thanks for all of the comments and support. Next week is spring break for us, so I''ll be bringing both my son and 6 year-old daughter to check out Lilleys Landing. I definitely have the trout fishing bug! ness, duckydoty, bs1827 and 2 others 5
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