10-25-2006, 04:03 AM
I did a spur-of-the-moment trip to the 'Berry this afternoon. I went to Renegade with the float tube. Early on, it looked like it would be slow. I tried both some flies I have been working with and the standard tube jigs and only caught one. The usual Strawberry wind was "helping" me out too. After a while, I worked into a protected bay and the water calmed. It was then "Game ON"! In the back of that bay there were good numbers of willing fish from 10-30 ft. down. (none on the surface) I would kick troll a jig until I found fish on the finder, then vertical jig for them. I got several while trolling too. The fish were mostly slot cutts, (one maybe over, I wasn't measuring.) but I caught 3 15-16 inch rainbows as well. (The bows were fat little pigs, good to see.) I then needed to get back and kicked out of the bay. Ruh-roh, I found out how much the bay was protected from the wind, the main lake was a choppy, windy mess and I had a long ways to go to get back to the car. It took a while, but I was able to safely get back to the ramp. I can still feel the burn[pirate], but the fishing made it worth it.
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