Originally Posted By: j7intheboat
Hey Hunter. Are the trout in your neck of woods really skinny this time of year? All of those browns we caught were really lean and didnt fight very good. That rainbow put up a snuff for a lttle bit then he decided to pace the boat and his gut region seemed realy loose and empty.

I'm guesing its the cold water and their preparing for the spawn. Egg sacks have doubled in size on the females in three weeks.

No my fish have been fat actually....I fish over on the westside of the lake however....I've only been catching rainbows and they eat a lot of what hatches up from the muddy bottom so all sorts of bugs and flies...I don't flyfish though, I've been doing good on little spoons and spinners and been absolutely slaying them with the sppons actually. Some days I'll catch and release 10 fish in an hour and a half, all between 14 and 18 inches. Fat too....

And they have been fighting good even when the water is cold....