Happy New Year!

Matt and I did get out and fish this last day of the year. His mother came along with Sadie. Round Valley. 

The fishing is hit or miss. I explained to Trish that it's a lot like the surf fishing I do when we go to Island Beach. Sometimes--often--there's simply no fish out there. The surf is barren. Likewise, along the shore of Round Valley. I told her that trout cruise along the shorelines, and if any were to swing in where we were fishing and see and smell the bait, most likely that bait would get taken.

But some days the fish never show.

Trout on Power Bait

Matt and I rode over to Round Valley, where I decided to see if Dave Delucca was at the ramp, instead of going directly through the main gate. He was there, and had caught two rainbows. Got to meet Matt. The three of us talked. Dave was curious about Matt's work on the fusion reactor. (I realized after we got home that I had forgotten to tell Matt that Dave's son was drafted by the Yankees. He never got to play for them, but he managed to have college paid for.)

One of our rods got hit after 10 minutes or so; Matt took it and missed the hit. We had two rods baited with shiners, two with orange Power Bait. The hit came on Power Bait. Matt insisted that the next hit would be mine.

It came as dusk began to fall and we were about to leave. Stripped line off the spool rapidly, but turned out to be a little 14- or 15-inch rainbow, on Power Bait. 

Ice Fishing Creel Surveys Lake Champlain

Probably be the last year I post this. Get's old. DEC