Fishing Forum

I went to Heenan lake yesterday. It's open only on F/S/Su between Labor Day and the end of October. It's a "free range" hatchery for the endangered Lahontan Cutthroat trout so it's zero limit, single barbless artificial only.

Average fish is 18", up to 24.

Here's a pictoral essay of my day:

Gates open - Clear and calm


Sun's up, and looking good!


Uh oh!


Brrr, it's NOT getting warmer...



What's this? We don't get this in Rocklin!


YIKES!


Lovin' it!


Heh...


Time to dry off and warm up


My rig:


I need a truck!



You'll notice on my self portrait I'm not using my oar fixture. Why? I dropped it in earlier!! GRRR... Lost my favorite 'roo leather wide brim hat as well. AND to add insult to injury, cataclysmic SKUNK! Oh well, it was a great day anyway.

The End

Epilogue:
Next time there WILL be fish pictures!!!
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Loved the report, SHig. It reminded me of times when I've been surprised in the same way.

Looks like a lot of guys fish that lake with tubes and toons. I seldom see that many floatation craft in one spot.

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Wow! Got into some wild weather eh? Makes me excited for the upcoming ice fishing season!!!!
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Hey man, glad to see you posting again...

Yeah, that lake on that day must've had 25 tube/'tooners.

Only one or two shore fishermen. I hear opening day is like a bag of skittles on a plate with all colors of tubes criss-crossing the water.

_SHig
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