Re: First fish of 2017 and it's a PB 'Bow!
It's comforting to know that the large fall-stocked trout in that lake are still around. That particular spot has been good to me for many years from mid Feb. to March when the season closes. I've fished that lake since I was a kid many years ago and have taken some surprisingly nice fish from it.
One thing that has changed over the years is the amount of silt that is deposited in it despite a few dredging projects. There was an attempt to establish a channel catfish population there, many years ago but, I think the silting problem may have caused that program to fail.
Another change is the disappearance of any abundant forage base. There used to be a flourishing shiner population throughout the lake. Which brings me to my question. When you cleaned that trout, what kind of food source was in its stomach....snails, nymphs, nothing? The fishing, there, is put and take so I don't expect to find an established trout population since I don't think there is much in the way of forage for fish that size. They, on the other hand, are forage for the herons that are all over that place.
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