The boy and I had another wonderful day out on Hagg Lake today. Any day on the water is better than all other options.
Not a lot of fish to the boat, but plenty of excitement.
We tried trolling wedding rings behind a ford fender / jet diver, and wedding ring behind flashlight / jet diver. But our first fish was on a leech slow trolled just north east of the no wake zone about 100' offshore in about 15' of water. A beautiful 16" rainbow nearly ripped the flyrod out of the boat. With a 2 lb tippet, we gently coaxed it into the net after 3 nice runs. Not 30 minutes later, we landed a nice 14" on the flashlight / wedding ring. Also a good fighter, but not as challenging with the trolling setup. Interestingly, this one was double hooked; he took the main hook in the lip, but the trailer hook caught him in the flank.
We caught a couple more smaller trout (8 ~ 10") on the troll rigs, and surprisingly also a small perch. Definitely did not expect that!
When the wind calmed, we tried drowning the leech again; missed a couple nice strikes, but none landed.
We timed our day perfect between yesterday's rain, and tomorrow's expected deluge.