Went back this morning and killed it again. I caught eleven trout in two hours. Luckily six hooked in the lip so I could throw them back... those tiny little freshly stocked guys. I had to keep four of them though and got another 14".
Knocked out my limit in just over an hour this morning. Four of them were recently stocked though, so they were small. I got one nice 14" hold over though.
I think it has to do with where I'm fishing as well as my setup. That particular info I'm not willing to share. I found a spot where I'm catching 2-3 fish for every other one I catch outside of it. I'm pretty sure there is a ledge or something under the water where all of the fish are hanging out.
I'm using 1/4 ounce bullet weights just above a swivel and running about 20" of 6lb Berkley Vanish with a #14 treble hook. I'm using power bait.. I've caught on multiple colors, but the pink/blue/white and pink and orange sherbet seem to be the best.
I had a really nice day at Trojan on Thursday morning before they stocked it. Landed an 18", 15", 14", and 13".. had one get away because I had two on at the same time (Two Pole Endorsement). We went back today but aside from one nice 16" my daughter caught it was like freshman year of college...
Make the drive to the Nehalem near Big Eddy. Take goggles and a trap and bait. Put the trap and bait in a big pool, use the goggles to go around and hand fish that same hole. They'll come out when they smell the bait. Just go upstream or downstream from the park. I watched two people fill a...