Bull Trout 4-29-05

Darrell Fevergeon joined me to celebrate his birthday and it turned out to be quite a celebration. He met me at the ramp around 5:30 a.m. and we headed up to the island where the kokanee and the bulls have been hanging out for the last month at least.

Since the Lyman plugs have been so effective lately, I put two out early. Within the first half hour, Darrell had landed bulls of 6,7,8, and 9.5 lb. It was looking like a great day if this held up. I believe we had caught and released 10 bulls by 1:00 and ended up with 15 for the day. Most of the fish were coming in 15 to 30 feet of water and we caught a few running the riggers shallow on the deeper side of the boat while working a lure that runs shallower on the inside.

In the early afternoon Darrel got chewed off on the 6 in. Lyman on a bigger bull that he had worked to the boat twice before he took off on a smoking run across the top and the line popped. We guessed it to be around 10 lb. We had a great time and those are my best numbers of fish so far this season. That was actually 29 bulls for the two trips that week with 13 of those over 5 lb.

I have some Pro-Troll promo trips coming up in mid-May and then may be moving up to the higher lakes if things work out. Stay tuned for further developments.

Screamin' Drags, Rick