Showdown@Red

Mark and Mark (shoreman) from the Sniffer Board had the doughbait showdown. Finally made it up to Red at a decent hour 0645. Whole point of this trip was to prove to shoreman that Gulp does not always out perform regular rainbow powerbait. Actually it's not worth the extra money. But if you believe in the stuff, fish with the stuff that makes you confident.Markdashark landed 2 on his rainbow pb. Shoreman took the skunking at Red with his gulp. Either way, hottest lure again was the yellow roostertail. We racked up over 25 trout easily in the 4 hours at Red. All were brookies except for shoreman's first ever cutt. This turned out to be the big fish of the day. We even left the lake while it was still hot on the bite. Weather was great and the fish were no more than 10 yards off the bank. Trollers, and bankies were getting their share. Hottest thing before the sun really got up high was a worm under a bobber that these two retired gents were using. Then it was all roostertail action. We did catch them on other assorted lures, even down to me jigging a trout trap jig. Same as trout magnets. For a weekday, this lake got packed after 0930. If you want some easy brooks for dinner, time to go.Went to Caples and fished the far side of the spillway along the mormon trail. Fishing was slow and we ended up catching around 4 here I think. It was all Markdashark. His rainbow PB took honors again. Then it was all lure fishing with that silly roostertail winning once again. All were small bows with the exception of Markdashark 12" brown on his roostertail. After 1 hour it was time to try Silver again. We fished at the dam and saw trout rising inside the buoy line. They would not bite for anything. Mark did get some to nibble his white powerworm under a casting bobber, but no go. Then we took off down the road to find the inlet to Silver pass the girlscout campground. That was a bust, a log now blocks the road all the way in.Off to Lower Bear Reservoir we go. What a beautiful place right now. Was told by shoreman that the water was way up for the norm of the reservoir. Actually all lakes seem to be pretty much full to almost full. Parked at the first dam and fished right off the dam. The shark scores first on a gold kastmaster. Then his rainbow powerbait once again outfishing the green gulp. Then it was the usual roostertail and some other assorted lures. I took a skunking here and at Silver. Shoreman ended with 1 and I think Mark caught 4. Fishing was slow during the heat of the afternoon sun. But heard that the early morning bite rocked or wait it out for the evening bite. Another great day of fishing on the 88 corridor. Shoreman was a great guy to fish with. He even gave me some pointers for taking the back roads out of the area. Talking about windy and desolate roads. And what do residents in Plymouth really do for work? Set of pictures from Red on down. The crowds of Red, Caples water level, and looks like dynamite activity at Lower Bear.