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[size 1]For those of you who haven't read the OC Register's sport page today, there is an interesting article on the back page about the trout planting at Lake Irvine this season. The plants will include: Lighting, Thunder, Steelhead, Brook Rainbow and Brown trout. Could only scan 5 of the 6 trouts that were illustrated. Although the trout season opens tomorrow, Dryrod won't be there in the 100+ degrees that we have been suffering through all week.[/size]

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have you ever seen the blind trout of the lost sea in tennessee before the were all killed by photo waste, the a person dropped in the underground lake? they were born without eyes and white,i saw them as a child but they were killed shortly afterward .
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Never fear, there are others coming soon. I hadn't heard about that underground lake in Tenn. Can you give me more information, please?

On a similat note, the underground Lake Voltek in Russia is supposed to have fish that haven't seen sunlight in 20,000 years. Now let your imagination run with that one. What species, if known? How big? Blind? No color? It is still untapped because of fear of contamination with 2003 air. The scientific team on-site have drilled within 250 ft of it but have stopped until someone figures out how to obtain a water and air sample without cross-contamination and releasing anything that could be harmful to us modern day residents.

On the other end of this planet, in the Antartic, scientists have supposedly discovered yet another underground lake, three miles down and as big as Oklahoma, maybe bigger. Right now, they can only guesstimate at its age and composition and they are -- at least 70,000 years old with the water at least that old. That puts it being formed in the age of the dinosaur, just before the Big Bang that led to their extinction. Is there a dinosaur suviving in that water? Brother, I tell you. I'd hate to be the first edible thing it saw in 70,000 years. On the other hand, it'd probably hit any lure you threw at it.

Once in a while someone on this forum comes up with an idea or statement that sets my imagination spinning out of control, like these underground lakes. Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico. The Whispering Cave in the Valley of the Gods in Colorado and probably a thousand others exist with strange critters lurking about. What would happen if some fisherman hooked the Loch Ness Monster? For one, he'd become the most famous person in the world overnight. Think of the endorsements he/she would be offered. Lure, line, reel, rod, even the sunglasses the were wearing at the time. "I couldn't have hooked this creature if I hadn't been wearing my Channel #5 and Jockey underwear."

Which gets me to thinking. Let's start another new post -- urban legends. I think we've seen enough of animals winterizing. I'm sure every state in the lower 48, and Alaska, has an urban legend or two slinking about. There's always that monster fish that eats ducks for lunch but has never been caught. Or a favorite pet lost to an unknown creature lurking under the surface and also unseen except for a swirl in the water. It would be better if there was a grain of credibility to the legend and not just made up from a box of Crackerjacks.
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it the lost sea cave in middle tennessee will try to find a map and pic of it for you.
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Hello DryRod,

I made it out to Santa Ana and finally nailed my first lightining trout. Great fighters and tasty!!! [center][/center]
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[cool][size 1]Hey theangler,[/size]

[size 1]Congradulations! Nice looking LTs. Did you catch them on light tackle? What fun![/size]
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Hello DryRod,

Thank you. Yes I was fishing straight 2# and the lightining did not want to cooperate. The Rainbow went a bit easier but I always feel a bit nervous fishing the 2#. I like to try to go a bit heavier but it never seems to produce as many fish (actaully I should say bites, because with the straight 2# I have been known to farm 1 or 2).
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Hi there theangler,

Did you catch that trout on a custom BFT trout rod? Man, the 8 footer I got is a beauty and I am complemented on it all the time. With it's sensitivity and action, I have no trouble fishing my usual 2# test with confidence.

Anyway, I am strictly C&R in freshwater and the hit and hooking is more important to me than the fight and landing. Love sushi but no cooked fish for me thanks! ha ha

I wonder how others are making out with their BFT rods?

JapanRon
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Hello JR,

Actually I haven't had a chance to test the BFT Rods on the water. Because we have them all custom done, by the time I get them they usaully ship the same day. One of these days I will get one. I do have a custom rod done by George Van Zant that I really love. Its simlair.

I'm not much for c&r on the trout cause its just so tasty. I do let the smaller ones go to swim another day but if it offers a good meal I tend to fry'em up.
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[cool] I couldn't agree with you more on the C&R as required rule. I usually like to keep a meal myself. That way my brain doesn't accuse me of being one of those PETA freiks.

You should hear Lonehunter. He is just like me in ways. We both like C&R as well as C&E(Catch and Eat). ha ha. After all bro, you got to do what you got to do.
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