Update: man things changed fast in 3 weeks. 3 weekends ago we had kids on the dock and every thing that was dropped off the end of the dock was instantly nailed by brook trout. What a blast seeing 4 year-olds reel in 1 - 2 pound trout on Barbie and Spiderman rods! The next weekend they stopped hitting artificials but powerbait worked (ugh, but yes I have to harvest them by any means necessary...) brought in lots of rainbows. This past weekend only fish food would work. They are getting much slower, much less eager to feed (I've stopped feeding in quantity). Had to fish with fish food (double ugh) but we still harvested 30-some this past weekend. Only one brook trout (maybe 2.5 pounds!!!!!). Seems like the brookies are sulking and the rainbows are just hanging in there. We've had a slight cool down so I'll hit them hard this Friday, then it warms up and I suspect my fun will be over for the year. I'll miss them... but I'm also tired of cleaning fish!
Sidenote: Some of the rainbows have roe. My wife loves caviar and I read an internet post on how to make it - so we've been having rainbow caviar the last few weeks. The stuff is beautiful. My wife loves it...and so does my 4 year-old daughter. How cool is that?
