TROUT ON WALLEYE RIGS

TubeDude goes after walleye but catches only rainbows...on his spinnered floating jigs (Whirly Fligs).

[@phisquared6187]

That was a pretty decent trip on the water. The fish look well fed.

[@tubedude467]

The rainbows in Deer Creek are always healthy. They grow fast and thick on a rich diet of zooplankton and other invertebrates. And their flesh is always red and tasty.

[@reapergrim76]

Deer creek! 😊

[@tubedude467]

Yep. Been fishing it since the 1960s and it seldom disappoints. Fishing has changed a lot over the years but the rainbow fishery has always been good. Only real bad thing these days is the bodacious boaters...lots of skiers and wakeboarders that start at the crack of dawn so it is tough to get there early enough to avoid them. Tough to finesse fish in a tube when you are fighting north Atlantic sized swells. It ain't a "perfect" storm.

[@chubbrock659]

Dc has been putting out some nice bows!

[@tubedude467]

Yeah. They plant it pretty heavy every fall...with "catchable" size bows. And they grow fast and large. There was not much of a harvest this winter...because of poor ice fishing conditions. So there are still a lot of "teen inchers" still available. And they are usually not too bashful or picky about what they hit.

[@baitnbullets]

Good to see you're out! what a great day at DC! The rigs you use are deadly.

[@tubedude467]

Thanks. Deadly on multiple species. And deadly on me when I get those sharp hooks in me.

[@adventureswithcookieandcowboy]

Cookie has a whirly tied on and ready for the morning run over to RP

[@tubedude467]

I expect a full (exciting) report

[@GillsNReelsFishing]

The Rainbows were active‼️Great day on the water just needed a few walleyes 👍

[@tubedude467]

It's a food chain thing. Right now the walleyes are scattered and feeding along the rocks...on whatever they can find. |But, as the young perch, sunfish and even baby walleyes start schooling up in the weedy shallows on the east side of the lake the predators will move in there too. And bottom bouncing for walleyes will pick up. I'll get a few before this year is over. Gay ron teed.