3-8-17 Report

[Seth]

Took a group of nine high school aged students in the hunting and fishing club that I sponsor down for our annual school field trip. Water is low, clear and full of very nice trout. Six of the nine kids caught trout and a couple who were familiar with trout fishing caught 15-20 fish. Me and another teacher that went down to help out probably caught 40-50 between the two of us. The best bait by far was the good old orange wacky rigged trout worm. The Powerbait brand seemed to produce the best, but I caught plenty on the cheap versions. I also caught a few on a white/orange trout magnet, 1/32oz white marabou jig, and bait (brown 007, velveeta cheese, rainbow and yellow powerbait) drifted under a float.

It's not too often that the weather and fish cooperate as well as they did today.

[Smalliebigs]

Hahahaha good for you Seth

It has to be fun to see kids that age reacting to the fish in the park.

[Johnsfolly]

Seth

Great job on your success today! Better yet congrats on giving your time to help with this trip!

[Seth]

14 hours ago, Smalliebigs said:

Hahahaha good for you Seth

It has to be fun to see kids that age reacting to the fish in the park.

Pumping the rod to fight the fish was non-existent. The term "Set the hook!" didn't mean anything. The line on those reels is probably so twisted up, it just needs respooled and it's a good thing some of the fish swallowed the hooks. Teaching somebody who isn't very experienced at fishing in the first place to try and trout fish with light tackle can be very trying, but it's totally worth it when they finally catch one!