Frosty Fishing Today

[Alnitak]

Sunny and 39F? The only thing to do is fish, even if we did just get 20" of snow here in Lancaster County. My nephew and I headed out to the Donegal today and while the fish weren't biting very much, we did manage to land a total of eight between us, six rainbows and two browns. Here's a really fat rainbow I caught, right around 11" but I didn't measure it when I had it and I shot my nephew took of me working the pool this fish was lurking in.

Jeff

 

[geebee]

Wow. That is a well fed fish.

Yeah I had no idea today was going to be that warm - I went for a walk after lunch here and it was a gorgeous day. I knew I should have gone out lol.

 

[lv2nymph]

Yea, he's a fatty. Congrats on hooking up and getting out.

 

[dc410]

If that bow was about 11" it was more than likely stocked in October of 2012 during the first round of the fingerling stocking program. I believe most of those fish were in the 7-8" range when they were stocked. It does sure look like that one has been eating well. It must have found itself a prime lie right beside the food conveyor. During their first year many of those fish appeared to be a bit thin.

 

[GenCon]

Wow, that is one fat rainbow. Nice job.

GC

 

[Alnitak]

I just measured the fishing rod and the fish was just a little bit over 10" so a little shorter than I estimated, but not much. This was caught just above 772, out of the FFO area. I've caught several fat rainbows up there this winter.

Speaking of rainbows, yesterday I caught one that was only about 7" and maybe less. It did have a clipped adipose fin. It was down just above the bridge over Route 23. My nephew caught a tiny one--he said it was only about 4" but he forgot to check the fin. I wish he had--at 4" it seems too small to have been part of the stocking. Did they stock any fry or put any eggs in there?

Jeff

 

[Mike]

Fingerlings were stocked, but they were probably 6-7 inches again. The smaller RT that your nephew caught was probably wild, as there is very limited RT reproduction in Donegal to go along with the much better BT reprod.