This past weekend Daryl and I went camping with his family at Premier Lake which is about 45 minutes from our home. This was the first time I (Karen) have been fishing since childhood, so I was very excited to be out in the boat. we used a gang troll (Long shiny, flickery thing to attract the fish) and worms for bait. I caught a Rainbow trout which the family referred to as a "monster minnow" and Daryl caught 5 much larger, nicer looking fish, but had to put one back as it was spawning. (Reddish pink stripes up the sides of the fish) The day we were fishing was 24 degrees and not a cloud in the sky. Lovely! Here are some action shots, none of them picturing my little fish as it's too embarrassing to take a picture of. The lake was named "premier" in honor of William Smithe who was the seventh premier of B.C. We actually couldn't find out
WHY he had this honour, however, we readily admit we didn't look very hard. This lake is the main resource for rainbow trout fish eggs and the local hatchery (seen in previous blog entry) stocks about 40% of the rainbow trout population in all of the B.C lakes.
This past weekend Daryl and I went camping with his family at Premier Lake which is about 45 minutes from our home. This was the first time I (Karen) have been fishing since childhood, so I was very excited to be out in the boat. we used a gang troll (Long shiny, flickery thing to attract the fish) and worms for bait. I caught a Rainbow trout which the family referred to as a "monster minnow" and Daryl caught 5 much larger, nicer looking fish, but had to put one back as it was spawning. (Reddish pink stripes up the sides of the fish) The day we were fishing was 24 degrees and not a cloud in the sky. Lovely! Here are some action shots, none of them picturing my little fish as it's too embarrassing to take a picture of. The lake was named "premier" in honor of William Smithe who was the seventh premier of B.C. We actually couldn't find out WHY he had this honour, however, we readily admit we didn't look very hard. This lake is the main resource for rainbow trout fish eggs and the local hatchery (seen in previous blog entry) stocks about 40% of the rainbow trout population in all of the B.C lakes. 
3 comments:
Oh, fishing! I haven't been since childhood either. That sounds fun!
I wish you had a picture of the monster minnow. :)
Did you end up cooking the fish for dinner?
-Julee
yes, we did eat them for dinner! We bar-b-que'd them and they were delicious! My fish was about 2 inches shorter than the little one pictured..... about the length of a pen. sigh. :)
Karen
My fish was a trout too.
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