A Jerk On One End Of The Line ~ Waitin' For A Jerk On The Other

thirdeye · Apr 2, 2011

Yesterday was the tail end of ice-out and my first open water fishing trip for 2011. There were still some ice islands and some coves were still socked in and slushy. I kept three nice ones and will be curing them later today and breaking out the Big Chief tomorrow.

JRB · Apr 2, 2011

Where in Wyoming? We used to fish Soda lake on opening day weekend, and half the time there was still ice floating on it?

bluetang · Apr 2, 2011

Beautiful scenery! Nice fish, too. I've got a couple of ugly sticks myself:thumb:

Phubar · Apr 2, 2011

Cool thread title!
Thanks for the pics!

Grillman · Apr 2, 2011

Wow that fish will be great on the grill ....or smoked too.

Hunterman95 · Apr 2, 2011

Soooo wishing I was there. Beautiful country.

boatnut · Apr 2, 2011

Nice job, i'm envious!!

Gore · Apr 2, 2011

I imagine heaven being something like that.

thirdeye · Apr 2, 2011

JRB said:
Where in Wyoming? We used to fish Soda lake on opening day weekend, and half the time there was still ice floating on it?

I was fishing at Pathfinder Reservoir, right on the Oregon Trail in central Wyoming.

watertowerbbq · Apr 2, 2011

Rainbows on an Ugly Stick..............I love it!:becky:

big brother smoke · Apr 2, 2011

Nice trout, Wayne. What bait were you using?

thirdeye · Apr 2, 2011

big brother smoke said:
Nice trout, Wayne. What bait were you using?

A #16 Royal Doughball Coachman. Heheheee.

Seriously, this lake is what we call an "orange lake". Whatever streamer, jig, spinner, Rapala, or bait works better if it's got some orange in or on it. I was using Powerbait, but trout are a really shy bite, so I rig a sliding sinker with a 4', 4# leader, then a #12 fine wire gold Tru-Turn hook.

Sometimes I only get one fish per hook because they are so light. But they are so light they will let the bait float off the bottom.

LMAJ · Apr 2, 2011

Fish out of water...
Great pics.

HB-BBQ · Apr 2, 2011

thirdeye said:
A #16 Royal Doughball Coachman.

I hear those are the hot flies for the 2011 trout bite :heh:

Those are some beautiful pics Wayne thanks for sharing.

landarc · Apr 2, 2011

Nice fishie, wait! You killed it? Noooo!

We have a lime green lake out here I used to fish with my dad.

---k--- · Apr 2, 2011

Wow.... Photos like that make me want to move out there...

JediDog · Apr 2, 2011

Great catch Wayne. Good to see you posting again. :thumb:

landarc · Apr 2, 2011

---k--- said:
Wow.... Photos like that make me want to move out there...

That is odd, I want to move out there for the women. Well, to each his own.

OakPit · Apr 2, 2011

watertowerbbq said:
Rainbows on an Ugly Stick..............I love it!:becky:

Nice!

thirdeye · Apr 3, 2011

A snowstorm put a delay on the smoking, so I'll break out the Big Chief tomorrow when I can get some sunshine on the smoker. The fillets have been de-boned and just came out of the cure.... and will rest overnight.

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