Fishing with Jesse

Last night my son-in-law, Jesse, decided he wanted to fish Henrys Lake this morning.  It turned out to be a great day.  After a few fish, Jesse landed the largest brook trout he has ever caught.  It was 20 1/4 inches and weighed about five pounds.  It was one of the most colorful brook I have seen this year.

It is one of those "enuf" fish.  I will in the future run my essay on "enuf" fish.  But we continued to catch fish.
here is a female brook trout Jesse caught.

But 15 of the 18 fish we caught were cutthroats between 16 to 22 inches.  All were caught on the Light Olive Crystal at Howard Creek near Henrys Lake State Park.

Great way to spend a Saturday morning in the wilds of Idaho.

Fishing heating up on Henrys Lake

I drove up to Henrys Lake to exercise the fish that wanted to lose a little weight.  Fishing was slow to start off, but I was joined by seven Common Loons just as the sun tried sneaking through the fog.

As the fog lifted this loon worked close to me, but both of us were not successful.

Even the coots were very busy, but they were after veggies not meat.

About 10, the fish started hitting the Light Olive Crystal with most of them between 18 to 22 inches.

My sixth fish was a 21 inch brook trout.  The only one of the trip.

I did not get a hybrid, but caught 14 fish by noon. 

With wind, rain, birds and fish, it was another wild day in Idaho.  I am glad that I do not stay home when the weather appears to be bad.



Hybrids at Henrys Lake

After three weeks of busy Saturdays, I finally got one off and headed to Henrys Lake for some early morning fishing.  Some fish were rising in the Staley Springs area, so I stayed there.  My first fish was a very large hybrid.

Not ten minutes later I got another hybrid, just a little smaller.  No measurements or weight - just great battles and released to fight again.

Pictures are hard to take while battling fish by yourself.  But what a joy it is to hook and wrestle them.

Four cutthroats were also caught, before I headed to help a neighbor get a load of firewood.  Just another wild day in Idaho.