Tuesday, April 3, 2012

dane county trout hunt

while not considered the "driftless" area, dane county still is pretty darn scenic
We threw hardware (spinning gear) in hopes of getting a few big bites. No such luck, we fought our ass off for just a handful of browns apiece.  I shook a trout a few inches bigger then the one in the picture from under a bridge. He tossed my Rapala when he went airborn and that was all she wrote.

the best trout i could muster up 
I did roll a monster from under a cut bank but it was a short strike on a #6 panther martin that never did connect.

Location- Dane County
Conditions- Ideal
Species Caught- All Brown Trout

15 comments:

  1. Trout Hunt! Sounds like a great time. Nice brown!

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    1. more fun hanging with my bud Damien, hadn't seen him in almost a month

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  2. Blake
    I know what you are talking about when it comes to working you ass off for one trout, I did Saturday. I guess that is what makes all keep going back, to see if we can better ourselves--nice trout

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    1. one or none, those trout will keep you coming back for more, they are my favorite thing to fish for right now!

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  3. Nice fish, don't always get 'em all.

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    1. glad to have you following along, i added your blog to my blog roll

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  4. Work hard, play harder! I'm glad you ended up with some fish though.

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    1. indeed, we beat the skunk, no monsters though

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  5. Nice fish! I was actually thinking about doing a spinning trip this weekend. I have never fished the driftless/trout streams of WI. with spinning gear. I bet it was a blast. What photo editing program are you using for that picture? Looks sweet!

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    1. i do everything with gimp, its free and same concepts as photoshop

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  6. I thought that was an interesting picture too. All black & white except the trout.

    Mark

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    1. it takes some time to get the hang of but you can do some pretty interesting stuff with the gimp photo editor!

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  7. Excellent pics. Nice looking fish too. Glad to hear that you were able to avoid the skunkola. Thanks for sharing. Tight Lines.

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  8. Nice Trout, pretty pic! Saw that you included me on your blogroll, thanks.

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