Santee Lakes - A Morning Stroll (11/17)

[Latimeria]

I needed some exercise and walked around 5 of the lakes this morning before getting back on the job hunt.

The water levels were easily up a foot and every lake was muddy or green at this point.

I didn't see a single fish in any of the shorelines.  When I got to lake 2, there were about 40 people fishing and nothing on their stringers.

I finished my walk back to the truck and as I was passing the last 20 feet of shoreline, there he was.  a decent triploid rainbow just cruising about 20 feet out.  I cast the spinner fly out and he dipped out of sight... until the line went tight and I was on! 

Not a bad stocker bow at all and probably the average sized trout for these lakes this year.



That was it.  I walked to my truck and headed home to resume my job hunt.  I might come back this afternoon, but will probably just wait until tomorrow and give it a good soak while I get soaked.