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A local fisherman I met (retired Army) asked if I would go with him to Thompson Lake up there near Front Royal on Friday. But the weather forecast was a little sketchy and he had a change of heart. We met instead at Quantico and enjoyed the comfort of my truck awning as we waited for the rain to stop.
As the morning started clearing up, I decided to take a walk up the stream and found the fish. Ended up with 5 caught (including a crappie) and 1 released at the bank (we'll call it a natural release as it escaped while trying to put it on the stringer). One nice brown and the rest rainbows. I think this does it for me for trout fishing and I'm stocked up for the year for smoking (making deviled eggs with smoked trout next week!).
Actually ended up catching a turtle that came off easily and then realized they were sunning themselves across from me.
And, finally, the feelfree lure went to a new home on Saturday down at lake anna. I gifted it to a friend and he'll use it in his cove for fishing and his wife is looking forward to using it too!
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That's a nice tasty treat
Nice truck for overland time
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Great pics and report!
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All awesome!
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Nicely done.
FYI, if you're talking about the same lake Thompson I am you might want to call DNR about it. I believe it has lost water each year over the last few years so not sure how fishing is. I know they release the trout and supposedly smallies in there. The lake Thompson I'm thinking of is off rt 17 near Sky Meadows State Park
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yup, I think we're talking about the same place. Right off Rt 66. I was going to go there because I have family in Front Royal also and it gave me an excuse to stop by there too! I'll definitely look into it. Thanks!
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Deviled eggs with smoked trout sounds really good!
Turtles are out in force right now. Yesterday I went to a local lake on my lunch break and watched a 5ish pound largemouth pick up a small turtle that wandered into its bed and gently carry it off and spit it out. Was super cool.
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That is way cool - thx for sharing
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I've seen bass clean out their bed plenty, but I can't remember a time seeing them carry a turtle out! cool.
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