The last fishing trip of the 2013 season was yesterday. A father and son excursion that we hoped would be a great time. This late in the fall I schedule trips for mid-day to take advantage of the warmer 
temperatures and we started at 11. The day before I fished the lake to see what our prospects might be and was delighted. I found pods of rainbow trout on the surface in several locations. They were on the surface and with the wind down were easy to stalk. I caught many in almost no time. The most interesting thing to me was that an eagle showed up as soon as I had the first fish on looking for an easy meal, I spent almost an hour under it's watchful eye carefully releasing every fish. The largest was about three pounds and eighteen or so inches.
Not so yesterday a stiff breeze off of the ocean made it impossible to see surface feeding fish and we found none in the places that had been so much fun only twenty four hours before. After a couple of hours of trying and getting colder every minute, I decided that we had all had enough. We left the lake with only one largemouth bass to the boat and a promise to all return in the spring.
Today the Lund Alaskan goes in for its annual maintenance and repair. My fishing trips will be confined to warm afternoons on the Saint George River until winter sets in. I'm already looking forward to spring!
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