Wilson Ponds, ID
Trophy Pond, NW Corner
Outing Information
- Date
- Start/End Time
- 6:30pm to 10:00pm
- Best Fishing Time
- -
- Rating
- Poor
- Classification
- Public
- Water Temp
- -
- Water Clarity
- Clear - 5'+ visibility
- Water Level
- -
- User
- Jason Hansen
Fish Caught
Rainbow Trout
| Caught | Avg Size | Pattern | Optional Fields |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0" | ||
| 0 | 0" |
Weather
| Skies | Morning | Afternoon | Evening |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mostly Sunny | X | ||
| Precipitation | |||
| None | X | ||
| Wind | |||
| None | X | ||
| Very Light - <5 knots | X | ||
| Light - 5 to 10 knots | X |
- Air Temp High/Low
- 80.0°F / -
- Wind Direction
- -
- Weather Front
- -
- Barometer
- -
- Moon Phase
- 27% Full (Waxing crescent)
Other Patterns Tried
- #14 Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear
- #20 Olive Scud
- #20 Black Brassie
- #8 Brown Bristle Leech
- #10 Olive Woolly Bugger
Hatches
No hatch information for this outing.
Insect Seining
No seining information for this outing.
Fishing Partners
No fishing partners were saved with this outing.
Waypoints
No waypoints were saved with this outing.
Notes
I walked back to the NW corner that I fished last week and did not see as many cruising fish in the corner. I started by rigging up with 3 flies and a splitshot – hare’s ear, scud, and brassie – and on my first cast I had a nice fish on quickly after I started a slow retrieve. The fish got off after a bit and took all 3 flies thanks to a broken knot on the hare’s ear. I re-rigged with the same flies and had a smaller one on after many more casts but he got off as well. In both cases I was letting the flies sink for 20 seconds or so before starting a slow retrieve.
I moved SE to the next point and saw a couple cruising trout in the shallow bay between the two points. I had a second very nice fish on after many casts but he quickly got off. More casts netted nothing. I moved NW back to the far bay and saw a few cruising trout. I made a cast to one that was a couple feet off shore and began retrieving and he hit it but I didn’t keep him on. He was smaller to medium size.
As it was getting dark I tried the Bristle Leech with no success and an olive woolly bugger with no success.
The water is getting thicker/greener as algae is starting to grow and limit visibility somewhat.
Hatch: small black midges, a few #20 brown-thorax/yellow body mayflies?