I didn't even get to light my cigar

[briansnat]

Got on the water later than I hoped, a little after 7 pm. I decided to troll a while to see if I could bag a few trout. Threw the first line in with a small ShadRap and I had a 12" rainbow on before I could get my second line in the water. I got both lines in the water and reached for my cigar to light it when the reel on the other rod started screaming. After a few minutes I boated a nice 18" brown.

The rainbow appeared to be a recent stockie, but I think the brown was a holdover. He put up a good fight on my UL rod. Also bagged a pickerel while trolling before I decided to hit the shallows to see if the bass moved in. Very slow, but I did get on the board with my first open water bass of the season.
Got him in about 3 feet of water so I guess they are starting to move in. Not bad for LT 2 hours of fishing after work.

[AndyS]

Nice mixed bag of some healthy fish.

[baetis]

Cool markings on the brown.

[briansnat]

Originally Posted by baetis

Cool markings on the brown.

Yeah, at first I wondered if it was even a brown. When I got it to the side of the boat I thought it might be a tiger, but they havent stocked tigers in a few years.

[UglyStick]

Nice job - way to take advantage of the twilight hours - keep 'em coming...

[ithaca10]

Looks like a tiger to me.

[briansnat]

Originally Posted by ithaca10

Looks like a tiger to me.

You're probably right. I've only caught one tiger before and it didn't look like this, but after looking at other pics of tigers, I think it is.

[Mikey topaz]

Nice catchin man,

[NorthJerzyG]

Nice catch!! Gotta love variety........

[FASTEDDIE29]

Short but productive evening on the water. Very nice dude!!! Looks like you have some great variety in your lake. 2 thumbs up!