Went out to Pine this morning to see if I could harvest a limit of trout. And that, I did. Though, the fifth and last one took about 2 hours to get. Got started about 8am. Ended about 1pm. Did not get much action until about 10am, when I had a little hot streak. I got 4 in about an hour, a few self-released at the boat, and a few strikes without hookup. Then the action died as the sun came out. Was happy to see the sun, though, since the hour by hour forecast had rain starting at 10am.

Sometime after noon, I get to chatting with another boater who reported great success trollin a worm on a hook, with a little weight above it. He asked if I had any worms. I left mine back at home, so he gave me a couple. I put a half on my spinner and quickly got some strikes.But the worm might have been too big for most of them to chomp on, so took at least 30 minutes to get a hookup and get my magic 5th fish in.

The first photo, of a single fish, seemed to have brighter than rainbow coloration, and a more pointed head. Still a rainbow?

Several other boaters out. The public dock was pretty full. Eagles, osprey/hawks were fishing too. A little breeze came up from time to time, partly sunny, no rain. Water temp ended about 61 degrees.

On Pine, I sure enjoy checking out the creative use of dock-boats. Many of the resident on the lake own these extensions to their docks that are technically watercraft, as they are not permanently attached, and have trolling motors on them. The best one I saw had and upper and lower deck, a hot tub, a gas grill, and two trolling motors. That's some fine leisure living! :)

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