Trout Searching At Downey Wilderness (11.16)

[smokinflies]

Went to downey wilderness today to do a little trout fishing. Got there around 12pm. There were a few anglers there and was told that the lake was stocked with trout on wednesday. Rigged the ultra light with the DS and a red power worm. A few cast and it was fish on. Reeling it in, a quickly realize this is no trout by the way it was pulling.

Got it to the shore and to my surprise it was a freakin' kitty. Never caught a cat before which was cool, and fighting it on 2lb test was pretty awesome.
http://i437.photobucket.com/albums/qq100/flyfishingfool/DSCF2114.jpg

After catching it this strange bird with these cool orange eyes kept trying to sneak up and take my catch. that damn bird stood by me the whole time after that.
http://i437.photobucket.com/albums/qq100/flyfishingfool/DSCF2115.jpg

As for the trout, i went through a few different color worm, before find the right color. The trout kept the worm every other cast but wouldn't take in the hook.

Ended up leaving with the cat. Gave the cat to my little lady so she could make her favorite dish, catfish soup.

Thanks for reading

[smokehound]

Yeah man, those juvenile night herons are sneaky little petes.

Theyre neat though. While they're a pain at times, herons will show you where the bass are sometimes. If you see a heron standing on the bank, try casting near him, there might be a bass pushing the gills/shad against the shoreline.

[smokinflies]

Yeah man, those juvenile night herons are sneaky little petes.

Theyre neat though. While they're a pain at times, herons will show you where the bass are sometimes. If you see a heron standing on the bank, try casting near him, there might be a bass pushing the gills/shad against the shoreline.

cool. thanks for the tip.

[castle]

nice report, I like trips like that.