[Almaink]

Weeks into the season and I've seen about 90% less people trout fishing this year because they catch nothing when they go, and are fed up. I've been going about every day and so far I've caught 41 brown trout. I've still not caught 6 in a day, my best so far is 4 one time most days it's 1 or 2 in a couple of hours. Last year by this time I caught well over 100 rainbows and brookies, and all were on spinners. This year spinners worked for a few days, but I've caught no trout on them for weeks now, just follow ups. In fact I can find no lure that will catch these browns and I've tried everything. I know the lures work because I catch other fish on them, just no trout. I'd still like to know why they boned us by stocking only brown trout in Mercer Country when every other year they always stocked rainbows and brookies. I understand the problems with the brookies but not why the rainbows all seemed to other places this year. Are these trout to sick to chase lures I wonder? Sunday I watched a school of about 50 trout all on top of the water churning around moving with the current down the Feeder Canal. I threw everything had at they but the best I got was one follow up. I wonder if they were all sick?