Soldier Creek Reservoir 9-11-2010

September 11th, that should ring a bell. It’s hard to believe that it’s been nine years since the terrorist suicide attacks upon the United States. We are so lucky to be Americans, and so proud of those who fight to keep us safe and free. May God always watch over and protect this great land in which we live.

With the Saturday weather forecast of cooler temperatures and blue skies, Rick and I decided to go to Soldier Creek Reservoir to do some fishing. We arrived at 8:00 am too thick fog. The air temperature was a nippy 25 degrees.













By 8:30 am just before we got on the water the fog was starting to lift. When on the water I noticed that the fish finder was showing a water temperature of 58 degrees, still a little warm for the fish to start moving in to the shallows. By noon the water warmed up to 62 degrees and it was warm enough to take off our jackets.













Within ten minutes the first fish was on, a nice sixteen inch Rainbow, it ended up being my best fish of the day. It was interesting that by the end of the day Rick and I had caught the exact same number of fish, twenty-eight. And even more interesting was the fact that we didn’t catch a single Cutthroat. Rick also caught one Chub and I caught two. The average Rainbow was 13-14 inches long, but fought hard all the way to the net.














The mountain sides looked very nice, but I have noticed in the past that the best fishing seems to be when they are putting on their fall colors.














More Fishing shots.

















I put out a crayfish trap while I fished, using chicken drumsticks for bait, and ended up bringing home almost fifty.














Sunset, moon, venus, and Strawberry reservoir. A little to dark for a picture but it was pretty.












Dinner, Crayfish and Trout.