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It was back to the usual trio today. Fortunately the forcasted fog cleared by the time we reached Sprague Lake but the road was quite frosted the last 15 miles to the launch. We had our lines fishing by 7:40 and first fish confirmed that pink rippin minnows were still appealing. Today proved that one needs to try different things as the fish just were not interested in the flies that had been so productive for us. The pink rippin minnow stayed productive for about 3 hours then green and gold colors began taking most of the fish. The 2 lines off our planer board were also the most productive today.

We ended up with 20 C&R fish today with half 20" or more. We also had a first for us, a cut throat per one of my knowledgeable partners. The picture should prove it or not. Fish were scattered for us again today. Forgot to look at the water temp today.

As usual, another great day on the water today with great friends!

afk

11/10/2017 7:58:46 PM

Good lookin' fish. Thanks for the report. Andy

Hendersd

11/10/2017 8:04:16 PM

Great job, Ive never been there maybe a trip is in order. How deep are you getting them?

fishindoc

11/11/2017 8:34:08 AM

Fishing 9-14 FOW but our rippin minnows and flies with1/4 ounce weights are fairly shallow.

JoshH

11/10/2017 9:32:07 PM

That's a different looking cutt. Almost looks like a lahontan? Or even some type of cross. Very jealous of those rainbows.

T-Bone

11/11/2017 6:38:44 AM

Very cool...Especially the cutthroat. And yes, it is a lahontan; WDFW stocked them a couple years ago, but I seldom see them caught?

hewesfisher

11/11/2017 7:34:28 AM

That's what I recall on the cutts too T-Bone.

hewesfisher

11/11/2017 7:33:54 AM

Love reading your reports and the awesome pictures of your days on the water. Thanks for sharing them with us. :-)

riverhunter

11/11/2017 10:06:29 AM

That is definitely a beautiful cutthroat. The best ways in my opinion to tell a rainbow and cutthroat apart is looking for the pinkish reddish line running across the lateral indicating that it is a rainbow. If not present it is usually a good sign it's a cutthroat. A lot of ppl here on the Westside mislabel their catch as rainbows when in fact they have a cutthroat. Coastal cutthroat, which is what is mainly present on this side, look very similar to rainbows in almost every way except for the line I explained and sometimes the jaw extending past the eye but even then some big rainbows tend to get jaws passing extending past the eye

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