The wind was supposed to blow today on another unseasonably warm day! Well Karen and I love to go to Mitchell Lake on days like that. For the most part, it is protected from gale force winds. We drove under a chinook arch as we headed west this morning! Well it was just 1C when we arrived and the lake was glass. We set up our rods with Glen's Leeches. At our first stop we caught 4 trout from 5 to 8 feet down. Our next stop we fished with Tokaryk Specials and blobs. Our first decent throat sample was full of daphnia and perhaps zoo plankton. The blob brought another trout to hand. We then switched to flashbacks both under and indicator and stripped. We had moderate success doing that!
Action got real interesting once I rigged up a clear intermediate line and stripped blue flash damsels. The tigers were quite aggressive. I also hooked and landed a 21 inch brown. I ran into Don Andersen and he was having success with orange pumpkinheads! It was 17C today and we did have moderate wind gusts in the afternoon! Luckily, Mitchell Lake is a great place to get out of the wind.
Looks like an excellent weekend to get out! Have fun. You know where I am heading, the hockey rink!
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Daphnia and Zoo Plankton?
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