After I hit the BPS this past weekend..I had the urge to get on the open water...well the only open water in my area was a local Trout Pond....But I had the Urge so I scratched it..for those how dont like trout farms..LOOK AWAY
Start off with some scenery...This place has three fishable ponds...1 for ice fishing, 1 for rainbows and 1 for speckels.
I had not been to a trout farm in years, but I remembered that they were notorious for catching fish fast and furious making for a short day. We decided to pack large spoons and cranks hoping to steer clear of the small guys who would take everything you throw at them
I was using a panfish tube jig on my new noodlerod...Man the trout gave you an excellent run for your money on that rod...here are the first 3 I caught on the tube jig
This one was a fatty and much darker in colour then any of the others
My Buddy "Chowderhead" was still in the mood for ice fishing so he was casting away with a frostee jig on his ice rod it looked funny but it worked...here are his first 2 fish
So after catching a few fish I decided to give a small crankbait a try..this was a cricket bait that floated on top and could be twitched or straight retrieved...The fish loved it, I was getting non-stop blowups on the top of the water as they attacked my crank. They seemed to love it if I gave it a crank or two they would then smack it on the slow float back to the top.
On my second or thirs cast i got a huge strike and watched as this fish pulled me all over the lake..he went from corner to corner just stealing line as he went. it was awsome, thankgod for a good drag because i was using 3lb test and he would have sure snapped me off. Anyways...Chowderhead snapped off some pics of me fighint this guy, but in the end I lost him at the shore..next time
Im happy to say we ended up spending 4 hours there, and we brought home about 13 fish between us (12 bows and 1 speck). great day, lots of fun and not as expensive as i had expected.
here is Cowder with the days biggest rainbow
