We stayed out late last night visiting family back home. Rolled back into town just after 1:00 am, and didn't make it to bed for another half hour or so. Morning came early and didn't feel too good. I got up, sat there for a few minutes contemplating on how warm my bed was, but decided that it's better to go fishing and be a little tired than to stay home and feel like a schlub later. My son didn't exactly agree with my decision, but still got up and ready pretty quickly.
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My boy |
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Winter wonderland |
So me and the boy hit the energy loop in search of a trout dinner. After looking at the steep, snow covered hill leading down to electric lake (and no desire to drive around to the other side) we decided to back track a little and fish at Cleveland Reservoir. A little bit of a walk down the north shore from the road, but not too bad, and we started throwing everything we had in the box. I started with flies, trying nymphs, chronomids, and streamers all to no avail. Kiddo started with bait, trying an unweighted minnow for a while before changing over to powerbait off the bottom. It was the powerbait (orange twist flavor) that finally brought some action our way, he missed a couple hits but caught three that we invited home for dinner. I changed over to my spinning rod to throw some spinners, and managed a few hits, but finally gave in to the powerbait to manage catching one fish before we came home.
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Didn't know he was taking all these pics... |
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Quite the set-up |
Usually, when I head out with the intention of bringing back dinner it brings on the bad ju-ju. Either I don't have much luck at all, or what luck I do have comes in the form of fish too small to keep. I usually practice catch-and-release, but enjoy a good eating fish every once in a while. Some get upset about keeping fish, but I think they're delicious and as long as people don't take it too far keeping a few doesn't hurt anything. In fact, I think it's a good experience for my son to bring home dinner for the family, and he was really proud to be able to.
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Cleveland Res. |
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Proud fisherman |
I filleted the rainbows as usual, but left the skin on - Del's request. She then baked them, with a little oil in the bottom of the pan and artichoke hearts with the marinade from the jar drizzled on top. Some of the best trout I've eaten, and a simple recipe that we will have to use again. Felt so good to get out fishing with the boy, even if we had to resort to bait...
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Dinner |
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Had to take a picture of himself... |
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