Beautiful day to be on a lake fishing. There were at least 5 other boats on the lake when I launched the boat. I started fishing about 3pm and trolled various lures around the lake with no hits at all. So I tried bottom fishing near the south end of the lake using powerbait. Again no luck. I heard a big splash behind me, so I thought I I'd try trolling one more time before calling it a day. I threw on a black woolley bugger and went around the south end of the lake in a circle and wham! A fish hit my woolley bugger and took line. I landed the fish and was surprised to see a nice, fat rainbow on the lure. It was about 5pm when I caught the trout. When I got home, the fish measured out at about 15" and was 3" thick in the middle. What started out as a slow afternoon of fishing became a wonderful way to end a nice, sunny day! I did not see anybody else catching fish, and by the time I caught my trout, everyone else had left the lake.

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