No_Bad_Skunks
On a lark, I decided to hit Waldo on Saturday, wanting to see if the Brookies were hitting. I have never been here, but had heard there were some very nice brook trout in this lake.
Light rain and a decent brreze blowing when I arrived. ( The rain cleared up later, the wind didn't ) All in all, not ideal fishing conditions, but by no means enough to 'blow me off the lake'
The Brook Trout were there, cruising the shallows, but not yet on the redds. And they wouldn't touch anything I threw at them.
Until about 11:00. About that time I spotted a bunch of fish jumping in the shallows and heading over in that direction. That did the trick. On my next cast, something grabbed my worm and took off for downtown Peoria. This was a little bit confusing, Brookies, as rule, don't make these fast, screaming runs, at least not the ones I've caught.
When I got the fish close to the boat, all was finally revealed.
Quite the surprise. I hadn't even known there were Kokanee at all in Waldo Lake, much less nice ones Needless to say, this fish was released immediately. Ended up catching and releasing two more Kokes, and never did hook into a Brook Trout
Oh well, they were fun to catch, anyway.
Light rain and a decent brreze blowing when I arrived. ( The rain cleared up later, the wind didn't ) All in all, not ideal fishing conditions, but by no means enough to 'blow me off the lake'
The Brook Trout were there, cruising the shallows, but not yet on the redds. And they wouldn't touch anything I threw at them.
Until about 11:00. About that time I spotted a bunch of fish jumping in the shallows and heading over in that direction. That did the trick. On my next cast, something grabbed my worm and took off for downtown Peoria. This was a little bit confusing, Brookies, as rule, don't make these fast, screaming runs, at least not the ones I've caught.
When I got the fish close to the boat, all was finally revealed.
Quite the surprise. I hadn't even known there were Kokanee at all in Waldo Lake, much less nice ones Needless to say, this fish was released immediately. Ended up catching and releasing two more Kokes, and never did hook into a Brook Trout
Oh well, they were fun to catch, anyway.