Don't Be Scared of the Weather Man! (2-26-11 Report)

[TaperSteve]

Talked to Josh in the days prior and we decided to meet at the lake in the am before the gates opened. I arrived at the Vine around 5am to a little rain and an almost non-existant line. By the time the main gates opened the rain had stopped and the skies had started to clear nicely. We were 1 of only 2 boats on the water for the 1st couple hours or so. Josh and I trolled various lures throughout the day with everything being dipped/soaked in Bite-On Garlic.

Here's a couple pics I shot early in the morning.
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It took us awhile to find the fish but when we did Josh got 3 hard fighting trout back-to-back in 3 passes.
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After our 4th and 5th pass through the same area it had appeared the fish had moved on so we did the same on in to the Vine Cafe for some brunch.

The weather the night before at the Pacific must have been pretty nasty because there were very large flocks of seagulls in the Flats.
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After Josh had landed his 4th fish of the day i was still trying to fight the skunk. Finally one of my rods starts dancing and we could tell it was an easy DD trout. After fighting the fish for about a minute he/she jumped outta the water about 2ft and spit the hook. About an hour later I again hooked into another DD trout and again I fought this one for a minute or so with my drag set real loose then, snap!, gone! It must have had large sharp teeth like jaws cuz he sawed my 6lb test line off like nothing.

After loosing two likely DD trout I was still trying to fight the big goose egg. Finally in the last 30 mins of the day I landed this very beautiful 4lb 6oz trout. Look at the beautiful bronze gill plates on this fish.
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After turning around to head in I landed my 2nd fish of the day.
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Our catch of the day!
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Fishing was a bit slow but its understandable with the weather the day/night before. With that being said the weather man didn't scare us away and it ended up being a very beautiful day of weather and we still managed 6 quality, hard fighting fish and not to mention the 2 lost DD's.

Can't wait to get back out on the water at my favorite lake, the Vine!
:Dancing Banana::Dancing Banana::Dancing Banana:

TaperSteve

[Josh]

was an awesome day man. I think that big one you caught was the one I lost coming through that same area. They were definitely freight-training the lures though, had the hook ripped off of one and the other almost straightened the split ring.

On a side note it was good fishing with ya and hope to do so again sometime.

[5150fishn]

Well done boys! Way to get out there when the others won't. I wish I could have been out there but me and the whole family are fighting a cold. Nice report and you guys always find the fish.

[Josh]

Well done boys! Way to get out there when the others won't. I wish I could have been out there but me and the whole family are fighting a cold. Nice report and you guys always find the fish.

Hope you get better soon dude and thanks! Now my wife wants to go this coming weekend having seen/heard what fun it is.

[CL SmooV]

Nice pics and report.

And way to tough out the elements and get on fish....

[crappiemike]

cool report and pics,

good job man........




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[Josh]

oh one other thing. Most of the time I have caught them when trolling a CD-5 in most colors. Saturday I was having better luck with CD-7's, two of the trout were on a CD-7 with brown trout pattern and the others were on CD-7/CD-5 in black and gold so gold seemed to be the key. The wind was making the bite a bit tougher up top but they were there just a few feet deeper.

[Freshness21]

Dude, you are a trout machine.

[Hometown]

Thanks for the great report Steve to bad on the 2 dd youll get one next time.

[Thisfool]

way to go guys thanks for sharing. dont worrie steve you will get one of those dd's verey soon i have a feeling

[Criss]

nice report. thanks for posting..sorry about the farm jobs on the big ones though.

[pitman]

nice job. you guys are troopers how cold was it?

[troutdog]

HEART BREAKER on the DDs Steve, you'll get that big daddy sooner than later buddy!

Wtg out there guys...


TD

[Josh]

nice job. you guys are troopers how cold was it?

when the sun came out it wasn't bad but with the wind it was probably in the 50's

[TroutOnly]

QUIT TROLLING WITH THE SPINNING REELS AND SUPER LIGHT LINE AND YOU WILL LAND A TOAD, HASNT KOOLY SHOWED YOU ANYTHING,,,,,,LOL,,,,,,A BAITCASTER WITH THE RIGHT LINE WILL HANDLE ANY TRUCKTROUT IN THE LAKE,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,trollingonly,,,,,,,,,,,,

[MAVERICK27]

keep up the good work! I agree with Bob....If you want big, GO BIG! 10lb test, a level wind and BIGGER BAITS :) Shhhh you didn't hear it from me

[TaperSteve]

Well done boys! Way to get out there when the others won't. I wish I could have been out there but me and the whole family are fighting a cold. Nice report and you guys always find the fish.

You and the family get well soon!


nice job. you guys are troopers how cold was it?

It was an awesome day but it got alittle breezy with a nip to the air when the sun would hide behind the clouds.


QUIT TROLLING WITH THE SPINNING REELS AND SUPER LIGHT LINE AND YOU WILL LAND A TOAD, HASNT KOOLY SHOWED YOU ANYTHING,,,,,,LOL,,,,,,A BAITCASTER WITH THE RIGHT LINE WILL HANDLE ANY TRUCKTROUT IN THE LAKE,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,trollingonly,,,,,,,,,,,,

keep up the good work! I agree with Bob....If you want big, GO BIG! 10lb test, a level wind and BIGGER BAITS :) Shhhh you didn't hear it from me

I have one levelwind reel that I run 12lb leadcore on with a 6lb mono leader. I was thinking of changing the leader to 8-12lb flourocarbon because it sinks versus floating like the mono does (not that that probably even matters). My other rod I run 6lb mono on my spinning reel. Come to think of it the 2 possible DD's i've broke off this season were both on my 6lb spinning set-up. I def plan on investing in another levelwind set-up soon. Thanx for the advice guys, I appreciate it!

CL SmooV, crappiemike, freshness21, Hometown, Thisfool, Criss, Troutdog - Thanx for the positive replies/vibes. Hope to see ya'll out on the water soon!

TS

[MAVERICK27]

I just hate seein ya miss em Steve..you put the time in and deserve one. I have a couple of level winds. You can use one if you want. Let me know when you go again. I'll be there hunting greenbacks this Sunday

[Señor.Chilax]

Great report, sorry to hear about your possible double d's snapping. But haven't you been reading hooks' reports, you gotta go heavy if you want those monsters. HA! Better luck next time... knowing you, you probably will get them next time.