Awesome information and discussion. I've been fishing 5-6 hours one day every weekend since August, and the last two weekends the size of fish has spiked. I thought this was because "the blue backs were in." I've caught a 16, 18, 19 and 20-inch fish (2 swinging caddis pupae and 2 high sticking a Frenchie). Two were silvery, two were more colorful. The 20-incher was silvery, had a broad head and shoulders -- but had its fin clipped. Another silvery one had a semi-healed gash on its side, and a more colorful one had a tail that looked like it had been chewed on (prey?).
Below is a picture of the silvery one with broad shoulders -- it doesn't look like it but it was probably around 20" (yes I know, likely story). I'm curious why the sudden spike in fish size (maybe I'm just an anomaly?). If they're not blue backs, they seem too small to be exiting winter strain, and the wrong time of year for the normal half-pounders.
Thanks for all this awesome stoke-inducing info.
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