It's not what I caught but what I saw. I was fishing for largemouth and
smallmouth bass on a stream not far from where I live on Wed. the 27th.
It was very hot, 93 and humid.In the shallows by a railroad bridge I saw
a fish cruising back and forth but I couldn't tell what it was. It
wasn't a bass, and I knew it wasn't a carp. Thought maybe it wasa sucker
but I had never seen one this big. Finally the fish moved into the deep
hole in front of the point I was fishing. There's a smaller creek that
emptys into the main creek right where I was. I called a friend to tell
him about all the bass that were cruising around and looking at a nice
bass hanging around a fallen tree in the feeder creek when the fish I
had seen cruising in the shallows by the bridge slowly came up to take
something off the surface. It had spots on it's side, it was a trout
about 30" long. It wasn't as big around as I would have thought. They do
stock this stream but it must be around 20 miles further up from where I
was. Must be a very old fish as the average size that are stocked is 11"
Couldn't get it to bite but I'm going to keep trying. Trout being a cold
water fish it must stay mostly in the deeper holes and I know where they
are. Next time I'll take my canoe so I can better access the deep
spots. If I had not seen it myself I never would have believed it.