11-11-2003, 06:17 PM
I got up there about a half hour before Hedgesd and Rick. I was fishing at the inlet with, the namesake, a 1/16 oz maraboujig. I caught and released4 nice brook trout in 20 minutes. The largest was 16" and was football shaped, it probably weighed close to 2 lbs. They were a little bit sluggish as they are currently spawning. I guess the fish made too much noise splashing around durring the catching process because I attracted the attention of some other fisherman who proceeded to work over to me and cast thier lines directly in front of me. They had a young kid so I relinquished (not too willingly) the spot over to them as ice (that's right ice) limited the fishable area. They ended up catching and keeping several other nice brook trout with worms. The other area that usually holds spawners was under a layer of ice so I only ended up catching 1 more rainbow after that. The ice got me excited though. If it stays cold for another two weeks we'll be walking on water.
MJ
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MJ
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