Well this is my first post on Washingtonlakes and as fortune would have it I can report a successful day. I made it up to the highway side of Reiter and found a fresh blanket of snow and an empty parking lot! Funny how you always seem to put your gear on just a bit faster knowing there is a chance that you are going to be the first! So with headlamp adorned I broke trail down the slippery slope through the fresh snow. I found my spot down river from the hatchery hole and waited for daylight and wouldn’t you know first cast BAM, fish on! A nice buck that gave me one good jump then lazily came to shore. About an hour later I found his partner a nice hen that chose to hug the bottom all the way in. Mike sorry I was camera shy when I walked by you hope to see you on the water again when I’m not in such a rush to get home!

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