05-08-2006, 04:14 PM
Launched pontoon about 8am, within 15 minutes I was fighting the biggest fish I have caught in years. It took about 20-25 min. When I finally landed it, it was rainbow 23 inches 6+ pounds according to my little scale. In the first hour I landed 4 fish. I was using a black wooly bugger with blueish sparkle and a silver cone head. I didn't keep track of the number I caught but I never changed flies and was catching fish pretty steady. Besides the big bow, I caught 4 cutts in the size of 24-26 inch range. The battle was wonderful for all the fish. My buddy also caught a couple cutts over 23 inch. They were mostly in 5-10 feet of water. My arm was sore the next day. If this is a sign of how great the season is going to be, there will be lots of great days fishing.
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