Well, this spring is shaping up to be a hella great fishery here in the Lower Yakima Valley. I missed an opportunity to fish with my bro Jjball50 as he and I got crisscrossed on which pond was which. I hooked up with Walaker Pacbassman of Yakima and headed to Pond #4, the one with the dock in search of crappie. Weather conditions and the moon phase didn't seem to smile on us at first as all we ended up with for wo hours of jigging was 3 medium perch and no crappie. We decided to head for the dock and sniff out some planter trout. We ran into Walaker Caliboy43 on the dock as well. These ponds were stocked recently, so our prospects were looking pretty good. It didn't take long to connect. I caught several fish on various "Jiggy Nymphs" in watermelon and Guacamole. But the game changer was my own hand made 1/64th oz "Jiggy Pellet" (trout pellet jig.) We ended up catching and releasing nearly 50 trout on brown and beige colored jigs. We took home two decent limits for the skillet. (I pressed down the hook barb after the photo for easier fish releasing.) Adding Mikes crawfish scent was huge also. Can't wait to try these little jigs on Rufus Triploids! Hey Lewis... We gotta hook up sir! Jiggy

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