The rainstorms had finally cleared out and I was itching to go fishing this past weekend. Haven't gotten a chance to get a new fishing license for the year yet so I decided to pay a visit out to Santa Ana River Lakes. Did the overnight fishing/camping session which lets you fish from 5 PM to 4 PM the next day. Got there Friday evening and stayed the whole time. This is my third time out at Santa Ana River Lakes, I had gone before back in October (also doing the overnight fishing/camping) and gotten skunked.

But I came back with this two rainbow trout this time around. Both caught on Orange Powerbait.

There were a couple trout caught by other groups on both sides of me but overall seemed a little slow overall bite-wise while I was there.

SARL in the Afternoon
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The first trout I caught was the larger of the two.
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Both trout on the stringer.
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Weighing the bigger trout before I clean it.
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Says it's about 2 pounds according to this spring scale.
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The smaller second trout, didn't weigh him though.
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Smaller trout during cleaning.
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