"Gee, is this thing snagged or what?"
"Let me just maneuver this thing out of the way..."
"...and lean in. Hey! Is that a trout I feel in there?!?"
As some of you may remember, last year we stocked the pond with 25 trout 6 to 8 inches long. They were easy to catch, almost fighting to be the first on the hook if it was baited with Power Bait, a mysterious industrial product that is irresistible to fish and pregnant women. Heck, we thought, let's load the pond up with 10 to 12 inch trout and have fresh trout for dinner anytime we want. All we have to do is use a little Power Bait right? So for tonight we had planned our dinner around the fish we planned on catching this morning during a prolonged fishing session. Something, alas, went awry with our plan. Apparently the 10 to 12 inch trout couldn't care less about Power Bait. To them it's more like weak bait or revolting bait. We did catch several 4-6 inch shiners that are native to the pond. (I'm not sure that 'shiner' is the correct identification, but I'm not a fish expert as our fishing expedition established beyond a shadow of a doubt.) In any case, we ate no fish tonight and the closest we got to any trout was when my son caught his hook on a branch in the water and had to wade in to free it. The sequence of photos pretty much captures the day's frustration.
1 comment:
Try fishing in the river bend. I caught some decent ones there last year. Rig up a spoon with some power bait on the hook. Or you can always get some night crawlers, those always seem to work. Happy fishing!
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