TR for the weekend. Ongoing

[JestersHK]

Glad you could make it down Phil. As he said fishing was slow...  For me it was all about missed hookups and not getting them to the net lol  Had a nice rainbow right up to me and he popped off right as I was reaching for him.  Had one hooked up and pulling drag which also popped off, and missed some really hard bumps which I'm still kicking myself for.  

I was down to my last little Rappala and we were down out in front of outlet 1.  My stick bait got crushed and fish headed down stream.  I got 2 or 3 good pulls on him, he had some weight to him then pop and he was gone.  Line was cut clean so I'm guessing it was a walleye.  

I fish with a red lens on my headlamp, and you can see the eyes of them a ways out.  I had seen a pretty large set of eyes the night before so there's a big one out there somewhere...

Back home now, another great night trip in the books!  Was allot slower than the last time, but still caught some quality fish.  It's a different kind of fishing, all off the rod tip, using big stick baits on trout, but when they slam it it gets the heart pumping.  

 

[Smallie Seeker]

Thanks for the report. 

I've always had a hard time landing big bows/browns in the trophy section while throwing stickbaits too, but it definitely gets the heart racing when one gets slammed and drag starts peeling.