Jan 15th Red Ribbon Report

So I decided to try my hand at Suicide Hill/Cardiac Access section of the Red Ribbon trout area on Friday. Since there was a car already at Cardiac Access, I decided to at least check out what the big deal of Suicide Hill is. I got there and thought, where do you even descend down. Well after a little further investigating I found a good spot to descend.

Anyways, I started fishing at 12:30 and got my first fish within 15 minutes. My biggest fish, a 12" Largemouth. I fished further near that area and the action kept coming. Mainly smaller and smaller fish though. Several Largemouth, and then a fish I haven't identified yet. Eventually I started moving around so I wouldn't stress the fish at any one small spot too much. I caught another couple Largemouth and a sunfish before getting in some brown trout.

I have to say either those are some strong fish being in the rivers, or they know how to use the current to their advantage, or both but bottom line, I caught 2 of them, each time thinking I had a bigger fish on than what turned out to be maybe 11-12" ones. I was just fishing roostertails, mainly a white 1/24th one with gold blade and a rainbow trout colored 1/16th one.

For the trout I kept throwing it in the deep water and reeling back, getting bites from time to time. Anyways, as it was getting close to dark I went back near where I started off and then got even a nice 11" Crappie (I think White Crappie), a small crappie after that, and an 11" Smallmouth but my phone had died by then. All together wound up with 13 fish in 4-5 hours. Biggest were the first Largemouth, and maybe the 11" Crappie. The Trout and Smallmouth were probably a little smaller weight wise, but actually I think they fought a little harder. Anyways it was a fun trip. If anyone knows what fish that is that isn't one of the common ones can you let me know?