Fishing Report 10-7-05

Since I was staying with my buddy John Werwie at Paulina for part of the week, it was really convenient to have a couple of guide trips at the same time. Saved a little gas to boot. Bill Sysum and his father-in-law Russ meet me at the dock around 1:00 for an afternoon run at the browns. The evening before had been a little slower than I like so I hung in at Paulina for an hour or so. We then made a corporate decision to head to East.

My buddy Jimmy Lewis had been staying there since earlier in the week and they had produced a lot of fish with one pushing 4 Lb. We launched at the springs and went right at it. I was running Excalibur Minnows and Luckycraft Pointers and started out toward the campground through the springs. We got into a few and then things got quiet. I made a move and we got Russ into a nice 2 LB. male brown right off a point I like. Really a beautiful specimen in full spawning colors. As we continued on the run, Russ got going and landed the next 7 browns we caught. Bill had started out with the first 3 fish and then got to watch Russ get hot. The highlight of the trip was the 24 in. hookjaw that Russ caught 50 yards from the dock right before we went in. After some photos, we released the 4.5 LB. brown to fight another day.

Screamin' Drags, Rick