01-04-2004, 04:08 PM
Continuation of the Trout story....
We headed back to camp and noticed alot of thigs were out of place. I looked around and saw a mess at camp... Nope wasn't a Bear, wasn't racoons or even anything you would even have guessed. I checked the ground around my , well used to be bag of Cheese puffs , LOL.. Behold the power of cheese I guess. Anyway as I was checking the ground I noticed some tracks, I couldn't believe my eyes... Was I seeing things or is the lack of civilization near getting my imagination going!!?? Nope nothing like that and actually it was just Deer tracks. Yep at least 2 yearlings from the small size I saw. They had raided our camp while fishing lol... Actually kind of funny, I would have never believed it if I didn't see all of the fresh tracks.
At thie point we were picking up the mess those little critters made. Once we were done we made sure to have all of our gear securly tucked into the SUV lol.. Let see em eat my otherbag of cheese puffs now lol.
Around a hour went by , we rested for a bit, in anticipation of fishing the last few hours before dark..We headed back to the river. This time my friend said " I think I got it now"" I know how you are getting those monster Brook Trout now".. I said yep and it wasn't exspensive equiptment or any fancy lure the aided us in our catches. All you have to do is sneak up on them and try not to let them see you or feel any vibrations through the ground, obviously this is on the small systems
.. The bigger rivers where you can wade a bit of the same sneakiness is used but in a little different way.. I don't know what any of you wear, I usully dress in camo.
But to get back to the fishing part... I was walking extremely slow moving just a little bit at a time. Trying to sneak up on a bend in the river. It has about a 12 foot hole on the outside corner and the banks are all undercut. It has been very productive in the past for me so I had a plan to work it very slow and patiently. It seemed like I was on that hole for hours but in reality probably only about 15 minuates. I worked every angle I could hit and nothing, I was bummed because I had hoped to get that Monster out of their on this trip.. I had seen him in the spring in that area feeding, also hed him do a few followups but never did get him to bite.
I started upstream again , quietly working the structure... The river has alot of rocks and trees in it. So their is always somesort of structure to fish.. It was like a river full of cribs for Trout lol.
I heard a splash, I looked back and saw the ripples left by that big boy down stream in that hole I had worked..At this point I was ready to pack it in for the day, no bigones yet , nothying slamming my baits. The big ones just were not in a feeding mode I guess. I headed back to camp My friend was already their with a huge grin.. I was like what is so funny, he said" Well I got one" with a huge grin" I got a monster Brook Trout" . I was like great where is he.. He chuckled and said well good thing I believe in catch and release LOL... From what he described to me it sounded like that trout was about 20 to 23 inches, not bad for a river Brook trout.. Especially for here in Wisconsin. He said that fish jumped up on a rock wiggled gave him a
and jumped back into the water spitting out the hook..
It may seem a bit unreal but have you ever wonder what a fish was thinking(if it could) it most likely would be something like this in that situation"Na na nana na. The whole time sticking its tounge out at you while swimming off.. Kind of funny if you think about it.
So our first day consisted of a few smaller Brooktrout,alot of Browns,a Deer raid on camp, and a Big Brook Trout with a sense of humor, a long drive, a Good brunch with a nap to follow. We felt the first day was a success, after all we were miles from any other fishermen or people for that matter.. We were completely relaxed and built a camp fire to cook supper before turning in for the night.. After all 5:00am comes quick .[sly]
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To be continued: I will add a bit every chance I get..I have to make sure not to forget any good details from day 2..[crazy]
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We headed back to camp and noticed alot of thigs were out of place. I looked around and saw a mess at camp... Nope wasn't a Bear, wasn't racoons or even anything you would even have guessed. I checked the ground around my , well used to be bag of Cheese puffs , LOL.. Behold the power of cheese I guess. Anyway as I was checking the ground I noticed some tracks, I couldn't believe my eyes... Was I seeing things or is the lack of civilization near getting my imagination going!!?? Nope nothing like that and actually it was just Deer tracks. Yep at least 2 yearlings from the small size I saw. They had raided our camp while fishing lol... Actually kind of funny, I would have never believed it if I didn't see all of the fresh tracks.
At thie point we were picking up the mess those little critters made. Once we were done we made sure to have all of our gear securly tucked into the SUV lol.. Let see em eat my otherbag of cheese puffs now lol.
Around a hour went by , we rested for a bit, in anticipation of fishing the last few hours before dark..We headed back to the river. This time my friend said " I think I got it now"" I know how you are getting those monster Brook Trout now".. I said yep and it wasn't exspensive equiptment or any fancy lure the aided us in our catches. All you have to do is sneak up on them and try not to let them see you or feel any vibrations through the ground, obviously this is on the small systems
.. The bigger rivers where you can wade a bit of the same sneakiness is used but in a little different way.. I don't know what any of you wear, I usully dress in camo. But to get back to the fishing part... I was walking extremely slow moving just a little bit at a time. Trying to sneak up on a bend in the river. It has about a 12 foot hole on the outside corner and the banks are all undercut. It has been very productive in the past for me so I had a plan to work it very slow and patiently. It seemed like I was on that hole for hours but in reality probably only about 15 minuates. I worked every angle I could hit and nothing, I was bummed because I had hoped to get that Monster out of their on this trip.. I had seen him in the spring in that area feeding, also hed him do a few followups but never did get him to bite.
I started upstream again , quietly working the structure... The river has alot of rocks and trees in it. So their is always somesort of structure to fish.. It was like a river full of cribs for Trout lol.
I heard a splash, I looked back and saw the ripples left by that big boy down stream in that hole I had worked..At this point I was ready to pack it in for the day, no bigones yet , nothying slamming my baits. The big ones just were not in a feeding mode I guess. I headed back to camp My friend was already their with a huge grin.. I was like what is so funny, he said" Well I got one" with a huge grin" I got a monster Brook Trout" . I was like great where is he.. He chuckled and said well good thing I believe in catch and release LOL... From what he described to me it sounded like that trout was about 20 to 23 inches, not bad for a river Brook trout.. Especially for here in Wisconsin. He said that fish jumped up on a rock wiggled gave him a
and jumped back into the water spitting out the hook.. It may seem a bit unreal but have you ever wonder what a fish was thinking(if it could) it most likely would be something like this in that situation"Na na nana na. The whole time sticking its tounge out at you while swimming off.. Kind of funny if you think about it.
So our first day consisted of a few smaller Brooktrout,alot of Browns,a Deer raid on camp, and a Big Brook Trout with a sense of humor, a long drive, a Good brunch with a nap to follow. We felt the first day was a success, after all we were miles from any other fishermen
or people for that matter.. We were completely relaxed and built a camp fire to cook supper before turning in for the night.. After all 5:00am comes quick .[sly]----------------------------------------------------------
To be continued: I will add a bit every chance I get..I have to make sure not to forget any good details from day 2..[crazy]
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