Some Fishing (lots of wind)

I had Monday off of school- so guess what I did! That's right! Sleeping... and then some fishing later. I went to yonder trout lake with my kayak and my dad. This time, the wind was blowing from the north, and it was flying. I gave up after only like thirty minutes, and went to the shore to try the old method of sitting and waiting on shore. We baited the hook with trout bait and corn, and set the rods on some sticks that other people had previously used in the area. I couldn't take much of that waiting junk, so I went off along the bank and tried various lures, but nothing I did gathered any interest from the fish except the trout bait. I finally got a fish- a wee little largemouth- while using a little shad rap. After waiting for at least two hours, I finally caught a little trout with the accursed ancient waiting method.

The wind died down so I got back out in my boat, and instantly caught a trout that hit only a few feet from shore. I started using a new method where I cast one rod (with a shad rap) out upwind of my position, and used a jig with a scented minnow on the other rod, and I just drifted with the wind. I caught three small catfish on the shad rap, but I had little action on the jig. When the sun started setting, I started getting hit after hit on the jig, but none of the fish hit aggressively enough to get hooked. Towards the end of the trip, I gave the trout that I caught to an older Asian couple that was on the bank. They said that they used salmon eggs to catch the trout, and they were surprised that I was catching fish with the lures that I used. They gave me a few salmon eggs to try on my next trip.

The next trip came last Saturday, on an extremely windy day. It was far to windy to fish, so I consoled myself by going to Dick's to buy some new lures. I discovered that the store currently has a clearance sale going on where all clearance items are "Buy two get one free." So I bought myself some new Rapala lures. I went to rocky ford next to see if the fish were spawning yet. At first I tried wading to see if the water was tolerable, and I quickly found out that it wasn't. There was nothing working downstream, so I moved upstream and quickly caught a 17 inch drum.

I kept fishing the same area and I caught a good 17 inch saugeye. It fought exceedingly well for a saugeye- which means that the fish are moving into spawning mode. I lost two UV lures so I decided to call it a night. 

I went back on Sunday- after the torrential downpour, and I discovered that the current had increased dramatically from the day before. I also noticed that the water was heavily stained with all the mud that had washed into the water. I fished for several hours but I only snagged one fish. It was some kind of redhorse I think.

It was a fish that I have never caught before, so that is a plus I guess.

The take-away point for this week is that this is a horrible time of year. The trout are running out, the water isn't warm enough to wade in yet, the wind is horrible, and only the saugeye are in spawning mode right now.
So don't go fishing yet, but the best time of year is right around the corner.