Strawberry Friday night report

[Out4Trout]

[cool]CBR caught 3 out in his toon right before the sun went down. By the time I got out there, I didn't even get a bite the whole time in my tube. Tried spoons and plain chub minnow on a hook. AFter the sun went down so did the temps, and FAST. At about 11:00 or so we got a little bored of not catching anything, so we decided to head in and try to net some crawdads with just our fishing nets since our traps weren't yielding much (only got about 20 or so in our traps). We ended up getting around 70 this way, and it was also fun to see the small kokanees swimming in the shallows as we were 'dad huntin'. We had our bait rigs out while doing this. I had a minnow stolen while we were out chasing the little mudbugs, but that was about the only action I got all night. Craig happened to land a nice 22 inch cut that only had one eyeball. Guess that's why he was a little on the skinny side as opposed to most cuts caught outta there the past two years. It was getting cold quick and we got hungry so Craig fired up his grill and we boiled the 'dads, and BOY were they GOOD! They taste even better outdoors when it's cold and you are starving! It was good times, but at about 3:00 a.m. or so we decided to call it a night. The temperature probably got down to the 40's. You could see your breath easily and I should have taken my neoprene waders, but silly me brought the breathable ones, and only a long sleeve shirt under my t-shirt.

All in all, it was still a good time even though I got skunked. CBR is a fun fishing partner. Talked to fishcat on the handhelds and guided him into where we were fishing out from the current of the ladders. Also talked to a new (or non-registered yet-not sure) BFT'r and they were getting bites. I think she was gonna get a moniker like "chickscanfish2" or something like that. TLSpider, it was nice seeing you again.
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