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Jefferson lake 12-26-05
Me, Big Worm & Cowboy Bob fished sunrise to sunset ? caught about 40 rainbows total. We couldn?t even keep count, each of us caught about 15. Most were released, we kept six & could have kept more. Sizes were from 8-17 inches. The larger ones were fat. Lots of unhooked strikes too, I missed at least 20
Fished the shallows in 12-20 ft of water. We had all day so we tried various types of bait. I had the best luck with white tubes & green tubes (about 1.5?) loaded with Trout Gravy, original scent, red color ? that stuff stinks. Biggest fish of day was 17.25? caught with white tube. Two fat 16 inchers were caught by Worm, his family is probably chowing those down right now. He?s quite the chef too
Fish were caught consistently from the moment we got there until about 1pm. So, We tried to scope out the Lakers. Went across lake onto the bare ice, punched some holes, used fishfinder and marked zero fish in the deep areas (50-80 ft) .. we checked near the boat ramp also and found no fish on radar
Does anyone know where the lakers are???? We caught many lakers deep during the summer
So the laker hunt was over, went back to original spot and caught a few more Bows from about 2-4 PM .. was a great day !!
16 incher Caught early in day & a good sign of things to come
17.25 incher
Black Rainbow?? about 13" - this pic was taken right out of water, Ive never seen a black trout before
View across lake, nice snowpack
View from deeps looking south ... VERY SLICK !!
Ice Closeup ... is pretty freaky driving a snowmobile over that, but its safe
I ended up with the biggest fish, but Big Worm came out on top for cumulative weight ... Cowboy Bob had to eat leftovers tonight ... sorry bob
Happy Holidays to everyone!!!
Me, Big Worm & Cowboy Bob fished sunrise to sunset ? caught about 40 rainbows total. We couldn?t even keep count, each of us caught about 15. Most were released, we kept six & could have kept more. Sizes were from 8-17 inches. The larger ones were fat. Lots of unhooked strikes too, I missed at least 20
Fished the shallows in 12-20 ft of water. We had all day so we tried various types of bait. I had the best luck with white tubes & green tubes (about 1.5?) loaded with Trout Gravy, original scent, red color ? that stuff stinks. Biggest fish of day was 17.25? caught with white tube. Two fat 16 inchers were caught by Worm, his family is probably chowing those down right now. He?s quite the chef too
Fish were caught consistently from the moment we got there until about 1pm. So, We tried to scope out the Lakers. Went across lake onto the bare ice, punched some holes, used fishfinder and marked zero fish in the deep areas (50-80 ft) .. we checked near the boat ramp also and found no fish on radar
Does anyone know where the lakers are???? We caught many lakers deep during the summer
So the laker hunt was over, went back to original spot and caught a few more Bows from about 2-4 PM .. was a great day !!

16 incher Caught early in day & a good sign of things to come

17.25 incher

Black Rainbow?? about 13" - this pic was taken right out of water, Ive never seen a black trout before

View across lake, nice snowpack

View from deeps looking south ... VERY SLICK !!

Ice Closeup ... is pretty freaky driving a snowmobile over that, but its safe
I ended up with the biggest fish, but Big Worm came out on top for cumulative weight ... Cowboy Bob had to eat leftovers tonight ... sorry bob
Happy Holidays to everyone!!!