Well, I needed to get some more fishing in since it was trout weather out there and raining. I went to my spot but saw no signs of life and decided to try a different lake and see if a change helped. There were Pelicans and Cormorants everywhere!
I get the two rods out and just turn around to head back to the truck and get out of the rain when I heard something creaking! Both rods doubled over already! I grabbed the rod that I thought had the biggest fish and fought them in. I kept one and released the other since the hook was only caught in it's whisker and easy to get out.
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I send out two fresh baits and get back to the truck when I look back and another double header! I got both in, but one squirmed it's way off the hook and slithered back into the puddle when I was taking care of the other.
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I put two more fresh baits out and eventually catch two more although they kept getting smaller, so I decided I really wanted to spend the rest of the morning on a trophy trout hunt.
I moved back to the other lake and had a few mystery bites that did the same thing Dave and I had the day before. Huge hits and gone the moment I grabbed the rod. I did finally get a little catfish, so that was 7 fish for the morning so far.
Then I started putting everything in the truck to leave as I was hungry and no trout anywhere. I was just ready to grab the last rod out when it just got crushed with a bite! I for sure thought this was a cat since it felt heavy but never came to the surface. It was dogging me and had less then impressive runs so it HAD to be a cat...
Then I saw it... HOLY CRAP! A Big Hook-jaw Rainbow! Holy sh!t!
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Just over 4# on the lip gripper.
What a "Last Cast" fish!
I even came back in the afternoon, but EVERYONE on the lake was fishing the spot... apparently everyone saw me catch it so I moved around and tried other spots for no luck.
Well, I just had a great interview so finger's crossed! Thanks for reading!
Good luck. Getting tired of reading fish reports at work.
Loving the hook jaws you're finding.
Buck had a belly full of plastic worms...
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Good thing you caught it. It might have starved to death with all that plastic in it.
- Keith
Are you putting pics in these reports cause for some reason they aren't showing on my end ?
: Tim524 February 16, 2026, 08:10:20 pAre you putting pics in these reports cause for some reason they aren't showing on my end ?
They are showing up on this end whether it's my phone or my computer.
: Latimeria February 17, 2026, 06:46:24 p: Tim524 February 16, 2026, 08:10:20 pAre you putting pics in these reports cause for some reason they aren't showing on my end ?
They are showing up on this end whether it's my phone or my computer.
I noticed I had updates on my computer that were ready to install and that seemed to fix the problem, now I can see the pics in your last post, all is good now 8)