jegermiester
03-04-2016, 11:38 AM
Yesterday I headed North on 22 to the Caroline area to take advantage of the great weather and the few remaining days left for hard water action.
Got to the lake and had lines in the water by 9:00 am....I know, kinda late right? But I've found that trout will bite throughout the day, just gotta be a little MORE patient than normal :P
Anyways, caught a few brookies and RB's through the day and then the golden time zone set in, 5 - 7 pm!
Hooked into a nice sized RB, knot came undone and lost him at the hole.
You know that sinking feeling...have I got another jig like the one I just lost, I'll probably never get another bite, let alone another fish of that size ...right??
Anyways, rigged back up and down the hole in 8 FOW. No sooner had I hit the bottom and I had another RB on....great fight, nice 16 incher and kept him for dinner!
Then another slab of a RB, larger than the one I had kept...LOL. Time for a quick pic and back down the hole he went as the limit for RB's was only one.
To cut to the chase, it was non stop action from that point on until 7:00 pm.
I must have caught at least a dozen RB's during that time period, with at least 5 being in the 16+ slot size.....the feeding frenzy was ON.
Now for the surprise! I usually check the stomach contents for info as to what I should use the next time out. I typically find items like shrimp, corn, snails, black bugs, small minnows and hard shelled crustaceans.....but a large soft bodied jig is a first for me!! No evidence of a hook though :P
Plan to head out again this weekend....maybe we'll see you at Troutville?
The jegermiester :P
Got to the lake and had lines in the water by 9:00 am....I know, kinda late right? But I've found that trout will bite throughout the day, just gotta be a little MORE patient than normal :P
Anyways, caught a few brookies and RB's through the day and then the golden time zone set in, 5 - 7 pm!
Hooked into a nice sized RB, knot came undone and lost him at the hole.
You know that sinking feeling...have I got another jig like the one I just lost, I'll probably never get another bite, let alone another fish of that size ...right??
Anyways, rigged back up and down the hole in 8 FOW. No sooner had I hit the bottom and I had another RB on....great fight, nice 16 incher and kept him for dinner!
Then another slab of a RB, larger than the one I had kept...LOL. Time for a quick pic and back down the hole he went as the limit for RB's was only one.
To cut to the chase, it was non stop action from that point on until 7:00 pm.
I must have caught at least a dozen RB's during that time period, with at least 5 being in the 16+ slot size.....the feeding frenzy was ON.
Now for the surprise! I usually check the stomach contents for info as to what I should use the next time out. I typically find items like shrimp, corn, snails, black bugs, small minnows and hard shelled crustaceans.....but a large soft bodied jig is a first for me!! No evidence of a hook though :P
Plan to head out again this weekend....maybe we'll see you at Troutville?
The jegermiester :P