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Reports > 2013 > December > Friday 06
Friday, December 6, 2013
 
By Dave Graybill
 
I mentioned earlier that there was good trout fishing at Lake Roosevelt, so I just had to go and try it myself. I took my time getting up there and when I was set up on the beach at Spring Canyon, it was already past 12:30. I rigged two rods and began to cast off the shore. The action had its lulls but by 2:15 I had my five fish limit. I had lost two fish and missed three bites in this time, too. The rainbow averaged 15 inches and were very heavy bodied, and the meat is a deep pink. I was using medium size marshmallows and a jar of shrimp left over from sockeye fishing. The bait was on a size 1 Octopus Circle Hook, and these big trout had no trouble inhaling it all. The hook was tied onto an 8-pound fluorocarbon leader. You will need to cast quite a ways out from the beach, but a half-ounce slip sinker is enough weight to get it to where the trout are cruising. The bait was doused with Graybill’s Guide Formula salmon scent, too. I had to beach to myself, but there is plenty of room here for a bunch of anglers.