Went out to Leland for the first time in a few weeks yesterday.
Got to the dock at about 10:30 or so. Fishing started out slow, took about a half hour to get first fish, but it picked up after that. Hooked a couple of fish every 15 minutes, before I decided to set-up my second rod with Red Power Eggs(I was using my standard set-up of float and worms on both at first.) Didn't take long before I got a very light hit on the power eggs, thinking it was a small fish...But not very long into the fight, the fish starts going crazy, taking a good 5 minutes to land. Finally got it to the net. Ended up being 17 inches, my new best for Leland. Shortly after that, my grandpa lands two 14 inch fish. Fishing slowed off and on, but landed a few more fish that were about 12 inches or so. Only one fish away from limiting we were about to leave, when my second rod doubles over. After a somewhat long fight, I land my last fish of the day, a 15 incher.
Ended up being a pretty good, with no fish under 12 inches. Seems the fish were a lot bigger than what I was catching two weeks ago, so finally went home with both our limits. Saw a few other nice fish caught, including a huge cutthroat. It had to be at least 17 inches, if not more. Biggest I've seen out of Leland, and first one I've seen caught this year.
All fish, except three, were caught on float and worms, at about 4 ft down. My two largest and one smaller fish were caught on red power eggs, small slip sinker and about a 2 ft leader.The larger fish seem to be down lower, but more fish higher up.


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