Fishing for Trout

3-7-22

Float Tubing @ Miller Canyon Silverwood Lake

Float tubing through Miller Canyon was quite an experience.  The hike to get to the fishing spot there was intense because I started my hike at the Silverwood Marina.  Once I made it past all the trails into Miller Canyon, I could see the buoy line which meant I was close.

I threw on all my gear and launched, but the powerful wind began to blow me around.  There wasn’t much I could do in terms of determining my direction or positioning, except to slow myself down periodically as I kicked around.  Right at the end of my session which lasted about three hours, I felt a small tug on my medium heavy rod.  I haven’t caught many Trout on medium heavy rods, but I could feel it pulling softly.  It felt really good to finally catch something.

I had a few bites on this day, but I missed most of them.  The worms I was using were half gone when I reeled in to check.   Most of the bites were very soft strikes, or bites I could barely feel.  I knew the fish were just a bit deeper out in the middle of the lake swimming around, so I kept trying.  The float tube never fails me though because I knew I could avoid the skunk, if I put enough effort into my fishing session.

1 small Trout from Miller Canyon caught on a Nightcrawler.

Fishing at night has been non-existent for me these days.  I remember a few weeks ago during a night fishing trip when my rod was feeling tight as I reeled in the line.  When I checked to see the issue, I noticed ice on my rod tip.  I know it is impossible to fish when there’s ice forming on the guides of my rod.  I immediately packed up and left.  The weather has definitely kept me home on most nights that I am normally out and about trying to catch fish.

The only other time I was able to fish besides my float tubing trip to Silverwood Lake was at Mojave Narrows, Pelican Lake, for a Trout derby.

A campsite was where I headed to try my shot at the derby hosted by Mojave Narrows, Pelican Lake.  Most days, I only dream about camping, but since my buddy set it up to try the derby as well, I was all in.

As soon as we got up in the morning, we both tried to get on some nice ones, yet not many Trout were caught that day.  Out of the three I landed, all of the fish were under two pounds each.  I knew I wasn’t going to be weighing in, but I had a really good day fishing with different baits, and jigs.

Currently, catching a ten pounder would put an angler near the top three fish caught in the derby standings.  So weighing in anything under ten pounds really wouldn’t matter.  I would weigh a fish under ten pounds just to know how much more I need to get there, but it would have to be a Trout at about five pounds or above.  For me, the bite took off on Powerbait, as well as Power Worms.

My buddy is currently making new Trout fishing jigs, so we were experimenting with his new jigs.  He was able to catch several Trout on them which means success.  I will continue to try out the jigs, as he has provided me with many to try (in a variety of colors).  His company is operating under the name of Trout Reaperz!

Best of luck to you out there on your fishing adventures. Check out my fishing adventures on You Tube – Reel Time With Timm.