GungasUncle
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Don't leave home without 'em if you fish with bait...
Spent a week at Lost Lake last week. Had a couple ok days of fishing.
The last one was for a laugh. Thats a 11 incher my boy caught in the big guy's mouth. He landed 3 fish that day between 10 -13 inches. 2 had to be kept. One was able to be released.
Was funny to see/hear people whining that nothin worked - flies, lures, or the ever popular power bait. All the fish we caught that day were on salad shrimp from the freezer at Fred Meyer...
Fwiw that big girl cut whiter than a sea bass, was bland and flavorless. Guess her trip from sea to hatchery was a long one. Obviously she is a steelhead recycled as a "trophy" trout - see spawned out belly.
Caught on a 5'6" ultralight outfit - she was like leading a trained dog on a leash - no fight to her. The boys fish put up more tussle. I also caught some smaller fish on lures a coupke days later that had more poop to the fight than her.
The nay sayers didn't believe me when I told of this catch, they whined odfw didn't dump any trophy fish in the lake like the stocking schedule said. Wifey didn't keep her phone on her all the time to show otherwise.
Would love to get one as long as her after it'd wintered over and fattened up! 24 inches on the nose.
Biggest fish of the year for me so far.
Spent a week at Lost Lake last week. Had a couple ok days of fishing.
The last one was for a laugh. Thats a 11 incher my boy caught in the big guy's mouth. He landed 3 fish that day between 10 -13 inches. 2 had to be kept. One was able to be released.
Was funny to see/hear people whining that nothin worked - flies, lures, or the ever popular power bait. All the fish we caught that day were on salad shrimp from the freezer at Fred Meyer...
Fwiw that big girl cut whiter than a sea bass, was bland and flavorless. Guess her trip from sea to hatchery was a long one. Obviously she is a steelhead recycled as a "trophy" trout - see spawned out belly.
Caught on a 5'6" ultralight outfit - she was like leading a trained dog on a leash - no fight to her. The boys fish put up more tussle. I also caught some smaller fish on lures a coupke days later that had more poop to the fight than her.
The nay sayers didn't believe me when I told of this catch, they whined odfw didn't dump any trophy fish in the lake like the stocking schedule said. Wifey didn't keep her phone on her all the time to show otherwise.
Would love to get one as long as her after it'd wintered over and fattened up! 24 inches on the nose.
Biggest fish of the year for me so far.
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