Thought I would put the story of my favorite fishing trip;
I had just turned 16 and was headed for my first overnight trip. I headed to the Snake river below Oxbow dam on the Oregon Idaho border. I got to the river and cast out my pole while I was setting up camp. Next thing I know I hear my bell going off so I run over and set the hook. As I pull up to set the hook I see a fish come 2 feet out of the water doing a back flip. I remember thinking to myself, "this is no catfish"!After what seemed like a life time of jumps and runs I finally won. I landed a 21" small mouth!
After that I figured I couldn't better that trophy, but I was going to try! I threw another juicy night crawler on my 1/o hook and flung it out. This time I had a chance to build my camp fire before my bell started going off again, this time it was a 10-12 pound "trout"! (here steelhead are turned loose between the dams and called trout)
After that the bite slowed down and I caught nothing but a few catfish. Then at dark I went to fish this bridge every one fishes on.
After a half hour there I hooked and landed a 5 foot sturgeon! (I got it in but broke my pole
) So the next day I went and bought a new pole and fished some rivers on the way home catching some nice bass and trout.
It was a great way to explore my independence and really gave me the confidence to keep fishing!
I should read things first I didn't do this right sorry guys! lol
Coming to you from Wyoming!!!
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