The rocks won 10 to 6!

I won't be reporting catching big trout on Maniac Mullets again until I can get back over to Daley's as my last six are still wedged in the rocks in 19 to 22 feet of water.  Rick also lost four or five in less than two hours of fishing so it was a fairly expensive bite for a brief scouting trip.

We would have fished longer, but we both had 7th grade basketball games to attend and it was a last minute deal anyway.  He really just wanted to look at some stuff on his new side scan and lo and behold the fish were there.  It took ten baits to catch six fish, but four of the trout we released were 22 to 25-inch fish and the other two nudged the 27-inch mark.  Rick lost a huge fish that we never got to the surface that may have been a red even though we never caught another one.

I have been changing out the stock hook for one size larger in a Triple grip and while I miss fewer fish......when I hang up it is forever!

We didn't even fish long enough to get very cold, but we sure got wet in a light drizzle.  I didn't get out today, but it was more of the same kind of weather.  If you want a shot at a big trout right now and don't mind losing a few lures, try dragging a Maniac Mullet or a Corky Devil along the bottom in deep water.  Depending on the strength of tide, the strike feels just about like bumping a rock or whatever, but you still have to take a swing.  If it starts swimming off when you yank back... it isn't a rock.