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Thurston County, WA

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06/07/2008
Bottom Fishing From Shore
Rainbow Trout
Power Bait
Rainbow
Hook & Bait
Morning
06/07/2008
5
787

I got to the lake at 7:30AM and it was cloudy, windy, and cold. Fished off the long lake county park dock, even though I hadn't had any action there in literally weeks.

After about an hour of nothing, there was a break in the clouds that let the sun light through for about 10 minutes. and then, Whammy! I was using a 10-15lb in order to cast it out farther, and the fish bending it like it thought it was a king salmon. The hardest part was reeling it in over the buoys. After a pretty good battle, I had to borrow a net to dock it. Sorry, no weights or measurements because I didn't expect to catch anything significant.

I stayed for another 20 minutes without any action, and cold wind forced me to pack up. Just as I was leaving, the guy with the net reeled in a 10 inch or so stock-er. I think he had 2 or 3 in his bucket.

I was casting out about 20 to 30 feet beyond the buoys off the dock using a 3/8 egg sinker with power-bait soaked in shrimp anise on about a 2.5 foot leader. The fish that I hooked ate it, and I later retrieved the hook and power-bailt stuck in his esophagus.

It was nice to finally get rewarded for my tenacity, and to have a delicious BBQ trout dinner :)


Comments

Toni
6/7/2008 10:58:00 PM
Great way to end the day, isn't it? BBQ the catch.
graffagnino2001
6/8/2008 10:10:00 AM
Nice job! Looks like a great dinner was had! What color power bait do you use?
kenjkun
6/8/2008 7:27:00 PM
thanks. i'm really terrible at fishing but these lucky catches keep me coming back for more action.
I was using the blue/red/white rainbow color with glitter power bait.
graffagnino2001
6/9/2008 5:27:00 PM
Fishing is part luck, part skill...Sometimes the luck park is the hardest to come by. Good Job!
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