- Feb 19, 2013
- 18,767
Went to Needwood today for Trout, nada. Water was pretty muddy. One guy did land one the couple hour time frame I was there. Will be back 2/15, forecast warm and a New Moon ..
Rough morning where i went. Eye loops were freezing shut causing casting to be a pain. Did snag this guy.
Most people in our party only got one so i took all of them. Had a few get skunked and my brother caught 3 also.
How big is your cutting board lol
14 inches i think. Fish was 12 on the nose! One of the ones i filleted had a belly fully of sticks and mud like he was trying to eat some beetles but was cross eyed
Trout can be finicky but at times they can be gluttons.I caught about a 12 inch rainbow on a whole night crawler.In his stomach was another whole night crawler,a 3 to 4 inch shiner and a half digested frog.
Once in Western Md,we fished a couple of days after a flood.Every trout we caught had gorged themselves with worms.I dont know if one more worm would even fit....but they were willing to try.
I was cleaning a trout one day and it had eaten a white lump of something.The best guess my friend and I could come up with was,it ate a skinned 1/4 of a medium sized potato????
Had a slow opener yesterday but ended up with some decent fish. Waiting for warmer weather so I can get back on the salt.
I hope some of you are out for Rockfish opening day today and land a hog. I don't think I’ll be out until next weekend.
The first few days of Trophy Rockfish have been tough. I postponed 3 trips out a week or so due to poor fishing. Don’t feel right carrying people out when expectations are low. We did manage to land one yesterday, 43”. Hopefully the water warms up soon and gets these fish going!
View attachment 231670
View attachment 231671