A pleasant Surprise

[Raven]

So I am on my way home from finishing errands
and i decide to go check out an old fishin spot for trout.

I'm changing Lures to something more appropriate
and then i heard a big ole diesel truck pull in.

I peek around the van thinking uh- oh i've got company.

NOPE! it was the Stocking truck and the Brown trout they
were unloading were phenomenal ---2 years old FAT and
as wide or tall as Slipnots Hand just seeing them in
the net which looked like it was about to break from the
sheer weight was just awesome.

I got to pick the Brain of the 2nd stocking truck guy while
the other guy guy marched back and forth doing the release.

I'll let them acclimate overnight but come Morning i know
where i'll be. Another guy came out of the woods just after
the truck left and i said "how'd ya do", he says to me" i saw
a couple of small rainbows down at the pool but thats about it".

I smiled with my new-found Knowledge and said: Good LUCK!

Grabbed a huge stash of newspapers to shred on the way Home
for my brown trout bait stash that's about to double again
knowing i've hit the mother load or will be soon

[The Dad Fisherman]

They did stock some monsters this year.....big and fat.

[PRBuzz]

I hope you asked him what the feeding time(s) were at the hatchery, they'll keep to schedule for a few days and eat anything you throw their way!

I used to do that on the Snake River (ID) behind the Granite Dam and the hatchery released trout/steelhead. You could fill a pan full of perfect sized fish fillets in minutes.

[Slipknot]

that sounds like they WERE large
you should have stayed right there and cast some Al's goldfish to them after giving them a few minutes to acclimate.
They hit anything that moves

[Raven]

Gee Buzz i wish i had thought of that....

Crap! i just got a phone call while diving up a worm Bin....
impossible to get your hands clean enough to answer...
it's like eating a plate of spaghetti with your hands -LOL

yep TDF only Rockfish9 and RoyL have caught trout this Large
it was like Heaven MAN !

[Raven]

Originally Posted by Slipknot

that sounds like they WERE large
you should have stayed right there and cast some Al's goldfish to them after giving them a few minutes to acclimate.
They hit anything that moves

woulda if it were a pond....Slip

i cast for awhile ,
but had to get back to work since the weather broke
50,000 worms were calling my name

[Raven]

but the wife's car needed servicing
so i had to cut my trip short
So she could go see the Doctor

ON tonight's menu

[Night Shift]

Nice fatty!

[PRBuzz]

Nice, likely corn fed! Maybe it will taste like beef sans pink slime?

[Raven]

the Big ones got away

the kind that make you squeal UUUUUUUUU man

but i still caught my limit