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11-01-2017, 10:02 PM
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Mayhem on the bridge
I haven't been out fishing for a few weeks now and I've been dying to get on the water, so I stopped at a spot on my way home to do some vertical jigging for Crappie. Of course this spot is in the middle of a bridge on a busy road, but hey at least I was fishing! Walked out and started jigging the trout magnet and got a crappie on the first cast. It felt great and gave a nice little fight on my 4'6" ultralight. I did This for awhile and caught 3 decent crappie and a bluegill. All was calm and quiet for awhile, so I decided to pack up and start heading out, but not before taking that one last cast.
I get a hard hit and the drag starts screaming on my Mitchell outback. I wanted to just run down the bridge and fight the fish from the bank, but there were too many trees/telephone poles/signs in my way, so I had to reel it up from the bridge. I pull it up over the barrier to see it's a nice fat 15" rainbow. I was stoked, I've been on a bit of a dry spell when it comes to trout lately. But I didn't want to throw him back from that height. So I start sprinting down the street with this trout, my little tackle box flys out of my back pocket, I almost slip and break my ankle in the mud near the bank, but I get to the water and put the trout back. He rewarded by swimming in a full circle right near the bank, almost as a thank you, and then he darted off. Great night of fishing and just what I needed to get the angling juices flowing! Tight lines all!!  
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#2
11-02-2017, 09:19 AM
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Re: Mayhem on the bridge
If you're ever forced to fish a bridge or some height where it's not possible to land fish, try one of those drop nets.
Good work + commitment on getting that trout released however. Unfortunately some people would just haul them in off the bridge 
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11-02-2017, 01:58 PM
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Re: Mayhem on the bridge
Hahahahahaha! Sounds like you had a good time out there! That Trout is very very thankful you got her back to her home! Good stuff!!!!
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"Go BIG or go HOME" "STRAIGHT OUT OF JERZEY"
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11-02-2017, 05:10 PM
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 But yes, it was stocked with fall trout. I just wasn't expecting to catch one!!
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#8
11-02-2017, 08:29 PM
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Re: Mayhem on the bridge
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Good deal. I don't know how one goes a few weeks without fishing this time of year. You must have been very busy. Fishing from a high structure is always a trade-off. It gives you a great vantage point to cast from, but properly releasing a fish requires you to climb down to the water. I once fished off a big railroad abutment into the Delaware River. It was about 30 feet above the water. I could get a great cast into the river, but releasing a fish involved climbing down the friggin' thing all the way to the water, then scrambling back up to the top to fish again. .
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"The fish you release may be a gift to another, as it may have been a gift to you." -Lee Wulf
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11-03-2017, 12:35 PM
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HOWEVER! I went to this same spot again last night (I don't think I mentioned previously but all this fishing was done well after sunset) and had another great night. No trout this time, but I caught 13 crappie up to 11" all on the trusty trout magnet. I was only there for 30 minutes, and it seemed like every cast had a bite. I would have caught 21, but 8 of them got themseleves unhooked on the trip up to the bridge. Tight lines to all!
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11-03-2017, 01:10 PM
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The less time you get to fish is what makes a good day of fishing even better. I compare it to last summer where I actually got a bit tired of smallmouth- lately it's what I dream of now
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