June 02, 2011 - First Little Hidden Lakes Trip of the Year
Everything was about two weeks later this year. The ice just kept hanging on. With that the family anticipation built for the annual first soft-water fish of the season at Hidden Lakes.
The traditional powerbait, treble hook set-up was the method of choice. For a more detailed description of this set-up have a look at my previous post “If I were a Rainbow Trout”. The approach, quickly rig up two powerbait rods (one for each kid), cast them into productive water (away from the underwater forest) and start roasting weenies.
It wasn’t long before a nice, little rainbow took the bait. Now it was small…don’t let me kid you. The regs say 8 inches, this was 8.5-9 inches. Given it was the first of the season and it swallowed the hook hard, we took it and brought it home for the frying pan.
All in all a stellar day. 
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