Early Openings

[LOAH]

Ahh, casting into open water again! My family and I went to try out the soft water on Saturday and brought some big minnows along.

We did a better job than usual of leaving early and, as a result, were the first to arrive at "our spot". Along the way, we saw a good sized herd of elk from the road.



Zooming in a bit, we can see the bulls:



Getting us rigged up, I got Sonia's ready first and she made the first cast of the day. As I was tying on my hook, she had already gotten a take and line was jumping from her reel, bale open. She timed her hookset well and I started rolling in HD:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dhfK...8ta9IAe7X_TkxG

What a pig! A great catch for Mrs. LOAH, her biggest fish to date.





As awesome as that fish was, it was the only noteworthy catch of the day. A small tiger trout finally saved me from a skunk, but I had to put a lot of work in before that happened.



The heavy, sustained wind made doing anything difficult. It almost pushed me into the drink a few times!

Despite the slow fishing, it was a treat to cast again, the weather was pretty nice (minus the wind), and my wife caught a new personal record. It was a great day for all of us.

Happy Fishing, Humans.

[accadacca]

Wow! Nice catch! AND you got it on film in HD. Excellent! The Elk were cool too.

[LOAH]

Aw yeah. Lovin' the new camera. 1080p and I can't even watch the full resolution on my old pc.