went for lakers the next morning. while out there got checked by another VT CO. this guy had some dedication too... was driving by the lake in his truck when he noticed us out there so he pulled off, dropped a kayak in, and paddled across the lake to come check us out. i would absolutely love it if NJ DFW COs were so motivated. got some intel on the lakers before the CO took off, but it was pretty much what I had already been trying and we didn't end up connecting with any.
hit black river again that night to sooth the laker burn and did well again, landed about 10 fish, got most of them on video too, link down at the bottom
hit the brookie and rainbow lake again for the morning of the last day. my duranautic, the Ellie Bea, alone on the lake on a Satuday morning
did catch plenty of other fish too like dink larrys
and a the occasional solid perch
but the trout are really what we go up for
unlike previous years nothing really stood out as the go-to lure and we really threw the tackle box at each place to dial it in. the fish were there though, and it was just a matter of figuring out what they were looking for.
i love fishing in my home state of NJ (was very happy to move my PB trout back to NJ earlier this year), but if you like mountains and if you like good beer and if you like awesome access to water bodies (boat ramps everywhere!) but you still like nobody else on the lake you are on and if you like no litter in the streams you are wading... maybe a trip to VT is not a bad idea
and did i mention the maple syrup?
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