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I woke up late and decided to seek solitude today and do something different. So I went to notellum river to fish for bull trout which is legal there. Its specified in special regs 20" min size etc... bulls arent worth eating though I release them all these days....
I arrived to my first hole around 12:00pm this afternoon, started off with a black rabbit fur/ purple flash twitching jig immediately missed a hit on my first cast, cast again same spot bam, hooked up with a nice sized bull, knew it was over 20" as I was fighting it. I got it near shore, snapped a pic real fast, taped it, let it go. 22" , ill guess it wasnt far from being 4lb. I worked that hole for several minutes, then I decided it was time for a change up, so I switched to a 1/8oz white and blue wooley bugger jig and started at the very top of the run, first cast , I get a hit but miss so I reel it up and as I do I noticed something followed it, it ended up darting back to the depths so I casted again bam, fish on. I get it in, snapped a pic didnt measure it and let it go, id guess it was at least 18" and probably well over the 2lb mark. I continue to pound that same stretch with everything from spinners to float/jigs to spoons etc, nothing.. so I move up river and tied on a 1/4 oz rabbit fur jig, few casts in bam, im hooked up and land and release a spunky lively but very dark pink salmon. So I keep moving up, nada in the usual hole I catch them in.... interesting... so I keep going up to the biggest and furthest hole I visited today, 1st cast on the purple rabbit fur, wham fish on, I can see its another bull similar to the first one I caught , then as it made its first big run, it pulled the hook. I fished my way back with no more fish, but had a blast twitching jigs for bull trout.
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