First mountain trout adventure of the year

[Harleysboss]

Finally got a chance to wet a line yesterday. This little stream is full of 6-10” cutthroat and rainbows. We had to sort through the little wrigglers but did catch a handful of 10-12 inchers.

 

[snapbang]

Sweet, I stopped for an hour at a stream on the way home from Traverse City this afternoon. Didnt catch anything but did get some bumps. Just feels good to stand in a pristine stream of nice cool water. Pic from a previous stop.

 

[eekjellander]

Natives in my streams won't make 8 inch but they eat good

 

[jd24.5.48]

That's a sweet looking stream!

 

[Harleysboss]

I really enjoy the small water sometimes. Most folks just drive on past not knowing that they hold healthy populations of native fish. Most are not big but once in awhile you get lucky and dredge up a “lunker”

 

[jd24.5.48]

I really enjoy the small water sometimes. Most folks just drive on past not knowing that they hold healthy populations of native fish. Most are not big but once in awhile you get lucky and dredge up a “lunker”

Absolutely! I saw my brother catch a largemouth bass about 4lbs out of a pond that looked like a mud hole!

 

[.45er]

Finally got a chance to wet a line yesterday. This little stream is full of 6-10” cutthroat and rainbows. We had to sort through the little wrigglers but did catch a handful of 10-12 inchers.

nice pics!
I truly do miss solitude fishing those cold mountain streams (PA) for native brookies where I grew up. Unfortunately MA is a pond state.

 

[Bobbyjoe Surrett]

to many big ones I do catch. Catch most of my big trout while catching catfish bait

 

[Ninering62]

Finally got a chance to wet a line yesterday. This little stream is full of 6-10” cutthroat and rainbows. We had to sort through the little wrigglers but did catch a handful of 10-12 inchers.

Thats awesome! I can't even tell ya how much I miss trout fishing.

 

[Ninering62]

View attachment 35615to many big ones I do catch. Catch most of my big trout while catching catfish bait

Now theres a damn good supper right there.

 

[Ninering62]

View attachment 35615to many big ones I do catch. Catch most of my big trout while catching catfish bait

I have 2 citations in Pa for Rainbow Trout that I caught. Both on a 5' ultralite spinning reel w/6lb test line. I have a 4' ultralite & a 6' one too. I mostly prefer to use the 4' out of the three. My trout were 26 1/4" long 4 3/4lb & 19 1/2" long 3 1/2 lb. Caught both in the same day. Thats true " finesse fishing ".

 

[Bobbyjoe Surrett]

just caught ten mins ago. I don't see how they say trout is so smart. This was caught last year 28.1/2 inch brown

 

[Bobbyjoe Surrett]

I don't eat trout to many bones for me I sore lip them and turn them back