Tyler with our catch!
Jackson Lake finally is free of ice and Tyler and I took advantage of it yesterday. Corey was supposed to go with us, but he has been sick the last few days, even missing school. It takes a lot for Corey to miss anything because he doesn't like to be left out, especially fishing. Watching the videos we brought home and seeing the fish was pure TORTURE for him. Especially since he felt so much better that afternoon.
We fished from 6:30 am till 11:30 with 10 fish hooked and 5 landed. Most of the fish were hooked before 9 am. The sun hit the water around 8:30 and the fishing, for us bank fisherman, dropped off soon after. We had hits up until we left, but they wouldn't grab the spoon, so we couldn't catch them.
Tyler out fished me again. He and Corey out fished me in November of last year when we went to Jackson Lake for the first time with my Venture Scout Troop. I caught the biggest fish on this trip (a 22 inch Lake trout), but he landed the most (3-two lakers and a brown). We both lost nice Lake trout at the bank along with some long distance releases out in the middle of the bay. My brown was 16 inches and his was 15.
We had a nice morning and saw 500 elk or more on the way up. They are scattered from Antelope Flat, north of Jackson Hole, to Moran Junction. We saw deer, one moose, and a grouse ran across the highway in front of us just after daylight. We were way out in the flats in the sage brush, just above the Snake River where it winds under the Teton Range, its kind of an odd place for a grouse.
We fished heavy spoons deep and slow and the fish hit pretty soft. We hope to go back on Monday (Memorial Day). Jared and Lyndie had to get in on the pictures with Tyler when we got back. Jared loves to fish and likes posing for pictures no matter if he caught them or not. Lyndie wasn't too sure about the slime, but she liked the fish.
Tyler's First Laker (21 inches)
Tyler's 2nd Laker (19.5 inches)
Tyler and Lyndie enjoying the catch!
Lyndie had to hold one herself! "Look dad, a brown trout!"
Tyler is trying to get Lyndie to hold my 22 inch Laker!
"Here Lyndie, hold this BIG ONE!"
"WOW, This fish feels cool!"
Now she is like, "WHAT IS THIS STUFF?"
Lyndie is saying, "HOLY CRAP, look at the size of those teeth!
"Tyler, you should be ashamed of yourself! Don't you know those things are slimy and disgusting?"
Jared and 'his' best catch!
Lyndie helping big brother!
1 comment:
So funny! We sure missed you guys this weekend, you were the only ones not there. But I'm glad you got to fishing Jason.
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