April 7, 2020 – Hey, It’s Opening Day on a Tuesday – SEPA

The boy made stuff happen with the old Rapala CD5, and he let me catch one too.

Word spread quickly today after the PFBC put out a press release that officially opened trout season statewide this morning.  I have a trout stream right down the street, so after working in the morning and having lunch, I took a bike ride down to check out the creek.  I have been meaning to check for a couple days now, but I was still under the impression that the old COVID 19 plan was in place, one mentored youth day, one opening day in mid-April.  Well, I did not see fish in my favorite holes, but that is not surprising, especially because the Comish did not want help stocking for good reasons.  However, once I got close to an easy stocking point, I saw 100 fish and an older guy landing three or four in a few minutes.  Someone said they stocked today.  Well, I decided to take the boy to the local reservoir, which usually gets stocked on the same day.  He got a new rod and reel for Christmas, but we sort of forgot about it in the garage until recently.  We fished for about 90 minutes with limited real estate to work with—it was pretty crowded!  He landed a bow and a brown on the CD 5, and he dropped one other.  Before we left, he let me take a few casts to catch one (the little kid in me wanted at least one).  I landed a brown and dropped one other while calling him over to gloat!  Opening Day on a Tuesday.  Strange times indeed.