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Post by zeroroaster on Jul 8, 2009 19:36:26 GMT -4
Hi there, As a show of good faith and sportsmanship, here's a picture of a Rainbow trout I hooked here last fall. Unfortunately, it was snowing that afternoon (late October) and I couldn't get a camera to it until it was at home ready to go into the oven (no sir, no catch and release here!!..it's catch and EAT). It weighed in at 9 1/2lbs...not bad at all...  Sometimes we have good days, and other times we have remarkably outstanding days!!!  |
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Post by zeroroaster on Jul 8, 2009 19:38:05 GMT -4
oops, forgot to mention, this was hooked on a 7cm perch Rapala original floater...off the dock!
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Post by Fishooked on Jul 8, 2009 20:19:28 GMT -4
Nice, my largest Rainbow was around 8lbs...I wish I could say it was a Rapala, but it was PowerBait... It was fat enough to the point where the colors on it were dulled, and it was mostly silver...the guy that mounted it did a hack job on it  and now it looks nothing like the fish I caught... |
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Post by zeroroaster on Jul 8, 2009 20:30:49 GMT -4
Ah yes, they sure like to pig out on PowerBait too. We don;t use that stuff around here as it doesn't digest well in the fish. It's ok if you're cooking it later, but in a catch and release fishery, it's brutal on the fish...really high mortality rate. Bummer about the mount! You kinda want to go stuff the guy who screwed it up so he could see what if feels like..  At least we got one cracker of a meal out of ours!  There were three of us and we ate like kings...the water temp was only 38 degrees when it was caught so the meat was nice and firm. Combine that with a stuffing of spices, mushrooms, chives, etc,etc...and it was one awesome meal. Ok, so all I have left is a picture of a headless fish, but who cares...what a story! Anyhew, 8 lbs is certainly no slouch either...where'd you hook that one? |
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Post by Fishooked on Jul 8, 2009 20:38:11 GMT -4
Ah yes, they sure like to pig out on PowerBait too. We don;t use that stuff around here as it doesn't digest well in the fish. It's ok if you're cooking it later, but in a catch and release fishery, it's brutal on the fish...really high mortality rate. Bummer about the mount! You kinda want to go stuff the guy who screwed it up so he could see what if feels like.. At least we got one cracker of a meal out of ours! There were three of us and we ate like kings...the water temp was only 38 degrees when it was caught so the meat was nice and firm. Combine that with a stuffing of spices, mushrooms, chives, etc,etc...and it was one awesome meal. Ok, so all I have left is a picture of a headless fish, but who cares...what a story! Anyhew, 8 lbs is certainly no slouch either...where'd you hook that one? It was on the last cast of the day...actually the place we were fishing was fishing & hunting club my friend belonged to. The guy basically made the lake himself, and dug it out to about 30 acres & 40+ feet deep. Then he stocked the hell out of it, and fed those trout like crazy. Several years later the guy had an unbelievable fishery on his hands, with a lake full of largemouth, smallies, rainbows, browns, & golden trout. It felt like cheating fishing there almost, we did have our bad days from time to time. The place itself is in Warren County NJ, which is west-northwestern part of the state. I hope he joins that place again |
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Post by zeroroaster on Jul 8, 2009 23:49:55 GMT -4
Cool! Warren County? I drove truck through there back in my 18 wheeler days. Talk about a sweet setup...like fishing for trout in a barrel...heh, heh. Actually some of the best lakes around here aren't much bigger than that either. Some even smaller. Now being in the foothills, we have an unbelievable underground aquifer so most of those little lakes are spring fed. Go a little further West and we get into the glacial lakes...now those produce some awesome fish, you just need to book a helicopter to get to them.  They do have heli-fishing tours, but who's got the cash? The rivers around here, on the other hand are pretty nice...shallow, really fast, fueled by mountain runoff and gravel bottoms. If you can put up with losing lots of hardware in the logjams, you can get some pretty nice dinners out of them. Y'know, I'm thinkin' if I were you, I'd be hooking up with that buddy of yours again. |
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Post by Fishooked on Jul 9, 2009 9:02:06 GMT -4
Cool! Warren County? I drove truck through there back in my 18 wheeler days. Talk about a sweet setup...like fishing for trout in a barrel...heh, heh. Actually some of the best lakes around here aren't much bigger than that either. Some even smaller. Now being in the foothills, we have an unbelievable underground aquifer so most of those little lakes are spring fed. Go a little further West and we get into the glacial lakes...now those produce some awesome fish, you just need to book a helicopter to get to them. They do have heli-fishing tours, but who's got the cash? The rivers around here, on the other hand are pretty nice...shallow, really fast, fueled by mountain runoff and gravel bottoms. If you can put up with losing lots of hardware in the logjams, you can get some pretty nice dinners out of them. Y'know, I'm thinkin' if I were you, I'd be hooking up with that buddy of yours again. Agreed! I prefer the smaller lakes anyway, because I usually like to take my time in each spot, Im not one for the 'run-n-gun' philosophy like a lot of bass fishermen are...I mean, your percentages for hooking a fish go down if you're only going to throw 3 casts in an area, as opposed to 30... I don't get it... Plus I got right of my 14' boat & the woes of boat launching along with it...now Im content with my 2 canoe setups, and I don't feel like I am missing a thing  |
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Post by zeroroaster on Jul 9, 2009 14:31:03 GMT -4
I hear ya... Besides, if one of those bass boats were to try and open the throttle in these little lakes, he'd smash in to the rocks on the other side before getting up to speed. I agree with you, work the lake, nice and easy, after all, isn't this supposed to be a 'non-stress' gig? Sometimes I lose fish because I'm too busy watching the bald eagles and osprey fishing instead of minding my line. It's even been known to happen where I've appeared to either traveled in time, or fallen asleep while anchored in the middle of the lake. No clock, no schedule, and most of the time after supper, the wind dies down and the water glasses right over...perfect for a nice gentle row and a bs session with the kid..sometimes, we even catch fish!  There are a couple of lakes around that are home to the zealots from the city...down to business, all the right gear, and deadly serious. They can keep it. |
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Post by bluefishbuster on Jul 12, 2009 23:38:34 GMT -4
So happy to hear that a F7 P did it for you! Congrats
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Post by zeroroaster on Jul 13, 2009 11:28:26 GMT -4
Yeah, it's funny how sometimes simple is best...I may have to replace that F7 P soon...it's getting scratched and chewed from all its success.. |
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