Gillette Fishing Lake, WY

Bridge - NE Bank

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Outing Information

Date
Start/End Time
10:00am to 2:00pm
Best Fishing Time
-
Rating
Great
Classification
Public
Water Temp
-
Water Clarity
Stained - 1' to 3' visibility
Water Level
Above Ave
User
McCaskill

Fish Caught

Crappie

Caught Avg Size Pattern Optional Fields
70 6" #16 Ginger Scud
70 6"

Rainbow Trout

Caught Avg Size Pattern Optional Fields
5 8" #18 Ginger Scud
5 8"
Total: 75 fish Top Patterns: Scud (75)

Weather

SkiesMorningAfternoonEvening
Mostly Sunny X X
Mostly Cloudy X
Precipitation
None X X X
Wind
None X
Very Light - <5 knots X X
Light - 5 to 10 knots X X
Medium - 10 to 15 knots X
Air Temp High/Low
73.0°F / 65.0°F
Wind Direction
N,NE
Weather Front
Today followed a cold front.
Barometer
-
Moon Phase
24% Full (Waning crescent)

Other Patterns Tried

  • #8 Tan Dave's Hopper

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

Water level above normal but by no means high and stained from a good thunderstorm the day before. Bugs present and active. Fishing was phenominal. Rod bent more than not with few dry spells lasting less than 5 minutes.

Fish still bit under cloud cover but became violent in the sunshine. All my scuds have a iridescent back to catch some of the light.

This trip of extrememly special because a +20" Rainbow came out of the depths to hid in the silt cloud I had created with my feet. He rested for a while before another angler's child asked their father to pick it up. Being between my legs, I offered to instead. He was so wide that a good grip was impossible on the first try. He didntt make it more than 2ft out of the water before a single tail flip launched him back into the water and off into darkness. He was old, battered and scarred.