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.