03-30-2008, 02:33 PM
Orvis1 organized the trip, which also included stevo and rapalahunter from the UWN board. Fished Otter Creek Saturday morning and Piute that afternoon. It was fun and we caught a bunch of fish.
Otter Creek was glassy first thing in the morning and we started catching immediately. All rainbows, most 13-21 inchers. Orvis1 caught the big one. Only a few were smaller. Caught fish on virtually every lure we tried. Jakes proved to be the hot one. Also did well with anything resembling a rainbow minnow. Did best along the west shore, casting in toward the rocks as if we were bass fishing. A black, feathered jig also worked well cast into the rocks.
Piute was slower. Wing blew most of the time and water was choppy. We seemed to do better when the wind eased, which wasn't often. Pointer minnow in rainbow was the only thing that worked, again fished against the rocky shoreline.
Bassin for bows! It was great. How many did we catch? Plenty. I don't keep score anymore. For me, fishing is about relaxing and enjoying the moment. Wouldn't be as enjoyable if I viewed it as a competition to win.
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Otter Creek was glassy first thing in the morning and we started catching immediately. All rainbows, most 13-21 inchers. Orvis1 caught the big one. Only a few were smaller. Caught fish on virtually every lure we tried. Jakes proved to be the hot one. Also did well with anything resembling a rainbow minnow. Did best along the west shore, casting in toward the rocks as if we were bass fishing. A black, feathered jig also worked well cast into the rocks.
Piute was slower. Wing blew most of the time and water was choppy. We seemed to do better when the wind eased, which wasn't often. Pointer minnow in rainbow was the only thing that worked, again fished against the rocky shoreline.
Bassin for bows! It was great. How many did we catch? Plenty. I don't keep score anymore. For me, fishing is about relaxing and enjoying the moment. Wouldn't be as enjoyable if I viewed it as a competition to win.
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