My fishing buddy and I headed for Tiger for opening day, kind of a tradition for us by now. We decided to sleep in a little and let those with the energy to get up early to go for it. We arrived at the lake about 7:30 and people were coming off the lake like crazy with limits of big fish. We got the boat launched and started trolling pop gear and worms. We went all over the lake and caught a few of the smaller, stocked fish and enjoyed the sun when it came out and endured the clouds and rain as it passed through.

After having our quota of fun we started talking about where we would go on Sunday and started troling for the launch when my buddy hooked a big (16.5") trout, which he landed with my superb netting skills. That, of course, prompted fishing for another hour looking for its twin. He had limited so was able to sit back and enjoy a victory cigar while I did the looking. No luck so we called it a day.

People seemed to be fishing all over the lake and also seemed to be moving around a lot, both signs that after the early morning catching that the fish had been thinned out pretty well. Buddy caught his fish in about 23 feet of water, about halfway between the launch and the little point that sticks out into the lake, south and east of the launch.

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