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Author:
PECo
Date:
Apr 18, 2011
Subject:
Countryside Park 04/18
Message:
I was sitting on my butt in front of the television when I suddenly realized that I could head 1/10 of a mile down the street and fish at Countryside Park. They had stocked it with a couple of hundred trout for the kids' fishing derby on Opening Day, so there are still plenty of stockies in there. I took my new light setup, an Abu Garcia Cardinal 300Ui spooled with four pound fluorocarbon line and paired with a 5-1/2 foot Berkley AMP light action rod. I ended up fishing from the lower pond beach from 4:15 pm to 5:10 pm. There was just a slight south breeze. There were a few kids and a dad fishing from the shore on the other end of the pond, with worms, I think. I tied on a tiny, 1-1/2 inch square billed perch crankbait and began casting it across to the shrubs overhanging the opposite shore. Actually, it was more [b:4ac1c2cd1d]trying[/b:4ac1c2cd1d] to cast it. I'm still having problems with the light tackle thing. I had spooled 110 yards of line on the reel, which has a stated capacity of only 100 yards, so my bad. But even after I stripped off 10 yards or more, I still had all sorts of problems with the spiderwebby line. Man, I missed my braided line! After 30 minutes, I changed lures to a brass Blue Fox Vibrax spinner. The heavier weight of the spinner helped with my casting and I landed a couple right at the edge of the overhanging shrubs when a 14 inch rainbow trout rose up and smacked the lure. I raised the tip of the rod and cranked the reel, but the drag kicked in immediately. I quickly tightened it up, but still couldn't get any line in. It was only then that I realized that the line had tied itself firmly around the tip of the rod. :x I ended up hand-lining the rainbow onto the beach: [img:4ac1c2cd1d]http://img541.imageshack.us/img541/2360/20110418countrysidepark.jpg[/img:4ac1c2cd1d] After skewering it through the mouth and gills with a big stick, I retied the spinner onto my line, but when I casted it, [b:4ac1c2cd1d]SNAP![/b:4ac1c2cd1d], the line broke and it flew off into the woods. I must have nicked the line when I retied it. Unfortunately, it was the only shiny flashy spinner that I had with me. I tied on a small perch Rapala stickbait and casted it out a few times, but got no more action. I wonder how long fresh trout will be easily accessible at Countryside. I gotta get me another shiny flashy spinner. That rainbow was [b:4ac1c2cd1d]DEE-LISH[/b:4ac1c2cd1d]!
Author:
DirtyDawg10
Date:
Apr 18, 2011
Message:
Nice rainbow!
Author:
RobO
Date:
Apr 18, 2011
Subject:
A new Trout fisherman is born.
Message:
I would like to say great job, but I can't lol. Trout fishing is definately different from bass fishing. You will get the hang of it though.. Heck, pretty soon you will be in waders and going to the Farmington with me.
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