I didn't post yesterday.  Instead, I went fishing and caught three decent sized trout.  Two 14" rainbows and a 13" brown trout. 

Today, I returned to the same spot and caught three more.  I caught two 14" rainbows and a new personal record-- a 20" rainbow holdover trout.  Here is my first picture on this site:


                        

That's me holding my prize.  My son took this photo.  The boys didn't come with me either day-- they were still sleeping when I left.

My previous record was an 18.5" holdover brown trout (river caught).  A holdover trout is one that wasn't recently stocked.  They were put in a year or two ago and have had time to grow and eat "wild".  They are usually recognized by bright colors, perfect fins, and pink meat (very much like salmon-- a sweet salmon . . . a real treat).  Recently stocked trout tends to have worn fins and white meat.  Here are some fillets from yesterday's catch-- you can see the difference:


                         

Tonight was trout dinner with rice pilaf and corn.

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