Henrys Finale

[Ktrout]

I had really been wanting to hit Henrys before the season closed, but the end was approaching and I still hadn’t made the trip. I guess Monday had to be the day. So I left early Monday morning (12:30 am to be exact) and got to the lake a little before 6am. I first set up shop at Staley’s and was the first on the frozen water. I did miss a couple of bites early, but it was slow going. Shortly after arriving the crowds came with their spud bars and gas powered augers which couldn’t have helped the fishing in 4-6 feet of water. I saw some fish caught but they were few and far between. I did have one to the hole but when I looked down he was snagged in the back. Not sure how that happened since I was using a crawler with the hook barely exposed and it was just sitting there.

Around 8am I landed the first and biggest for the day. It was a little over 25 inches and 5.3 lbs. Really skinny compared to the other fat cutts I have caught out of Henrys. After spending the next hour without a bite, it was time to move. I first went to take a break and go find meal or wax worms but couldn’t find any. The next move paid off and I caught 13 others in the next 3 hours. About half were brookies, which I always love to catch and a few of the cutts and hybrids were in the 3-4 pound range. I did see a guy catch around an 18 or 19 inch brookie that was fat.

I was planning to fish until dark but the wind started blowing and I had a long drive home so I called it a day around 3.
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[Belasko]

Congrats on the success up there. I was there to but showed up at three, just as you were leaving it sounds like. I was over by the state park though. If you had stayed until dark the sunset was worth it, although the wind never did die down.
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