Aden's Lake

Normally referred to as Pass Creek Lake, where Aden caught his first trout and a bunch of silver minnows (with the help of my long handled purple minnow net).  I made a return trip there this afternoon and arrived a little after 1:00 p.m. in hopes of having some more fun catching some of the "stocker trout" and maybe something a little bigger (perhaps one of those few Rainbows that got away on previous trips).

I parked along the road (route 160) and hiked down the little path to arrive near the place I last fished when Mike and Aden were there catching their limit of four trout each (on Wednesday).  As I walked the shoreline and tried numerous casts to the middle of the lake, I noticed hundreds (if not thousands) of the silver minnows working their way through the shallow waters at my feet as they headed toward the south end of the lake (where Aden caught his first trout while fishing at the side of Kim).  This made me decide to work the lake in that direction and the narrow stone dam at the south end where I caught a couple of the small trout and released them both.

Catch of the Day

I continued to work my way back to the spot where I started and caught another three of the smaller trout and released them as well before catching my sixth trout which nearly swallowed the lure (causing me to keep him since he was bleeding so much).  After catching and releasing a few more of the small trout, I hooked another and again kept him because he had been bleeding so much.  Then, I worked my way back past the path I had taken from the road and soon had a few small nibbles on my lure and set the hook into a 15 incher that doubled my fishing rod over -- made me immediately aware that this was a nice fish and I hoped only that I could land him (which I thankfully managed to do).  Turned out to be a "her" when I cleaned the fish.

With clouds coming over the nearby mountain and raindrops starting to fall, I felt content with the three trout on my stringer and decided to leave after just a couple hours of fun.  I gathered another hand net full of cans, bottles and trash as I headed for the Jeep -- looking forward to a couple cold beers (prior to the "Grandview Review" later in the evening).