Great Way to End the Boating Year

Fishing Time:  8:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Weather:  partly cloudy, calm wind all day, T-40s

Moon Phase:  42% Moon

Location:  Strawberry Reservoir

Best Bait:  White tube jig tipped with worm

Who Went:  Rick, Bobber John, Dunc

It’s been unusually warm this fall and it made for the warmest late November day on the water at Strawberry I can remember.  No wind and warm sun didn’t hurt my feelings and it didn’t hurt the fishing either.  We got off to a quick start at Haws Point and stayed there most of the morning.  It was a mixed bag all day with rainbows and cutthroats.  No cuts were over the slot limit, but we did land some very nice chunky rainbows.  The fishing was so fast I failed to take enough photos. 

Late morning we started to move around covering more water.  Some areas were productive with other areas producing only a few fish.  We ended the day with over 60 fish in the boat between the three of us. It was a great way to finish out the year from the boat.

On the way home the car in front of us hit a deer and we didn't have time to swerve as the carcass was left in the middle of the road.  Rick had no choice but to drive right over the top.  We heard the first thud as it went under the jeep and a second thud as it drilled the lower axle of the boat trailer.  The boat and trailer took the brunt of the damage.  We made a stop at the car wash near my house to clean off the carnage.