10-29-2015, 10:25 PM
Had a great day of catching at Minersville a couple of days ago. I had my 6 year old grand daughter with me and we just slayed the trout for an hour and a half.
All Rainbows except for a couple of Cutts and one nice brown almost landed. Half were small most of the rest were 15 to 16 inchers, with a few Jumbos mixed in. The small fish are skinny and the bigger ones looked ok for the most part. All the jumbos were fat and sassy.
All caught on a small plastic jig below a fly trailer,with a kind of fast steady retrieve.. Most fish were hitting the fly just under the surface in about 5 feet of water. Clarity was ok (for Minersville) but there was a lot of coarse suspended algae.
The whole time we fished it was a hit, or a hookup on almost every cast. When we went back up to the house my wife asked my granddaughter "well how was it ?" and my granddaughter said " best bite ever!"
There is no water going out and just a little coming in. So it looks like Minersville has survived another summer. If it tops off this year it could be a lot of fun next spring.
Actually the trout never did go into " summer lock jaw" this year and the Wiper and Small Mouth action was great as well. Really good year for me at Minersville.
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All Rainbows except for a couple of Cutts and one nice brown almost landed. Half were small most of the rest were 15 to 16 inchers, with a few Jumbos mixed in. The small fish are skinny and the bigger ones looked ok for the most part. All the jumbos were fat and sassy.
All caught on a small plastic jig below a fly trailer,with a kind of fast steady retrieve.. Most fish were hitting the fly just under the surface in about 5 feet of water. Clarity was ok (for Minersville) but there was a lot of coarse suspended algae.
The whole time we fished it was a hit, or a hookup on almost every cast. When we went back up to the house my wife asked my granddaughter "well how was it ?" and my granddaughter said " best bite ever!"
There is no water going out and just a little coming in. So it looks like Minersville has survived another summer. If it tops off this year it could be a lot of fun next spring.
Actually the trout never did go into " summer lock jaw" this year and the Wiper and Small Mouth action was great as well. Really good year for me at Minersville.
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj35/...xvcm92.jpg
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