Checking back on my photos taken a year ago, I found one taken at the middle net pens on Rufus Woods. It showed Austin Moser and Randy Sykes, on Austin’s first trip to Rufus last year. Austin will often invite me on exploratory missions, and he wanted to see if the fishing for triploids was good enough to book some trips. He had Randy and I try a couple of things, like fishing bait on the bottom, but what worked the best was casting olive-colored jigs. The fish loved them, and we were able to get out limits pretty quickly when we switched to this methods. Thanks to Austin, that’s what Eric Granstrom, Rollie Schmitten and I caught our fish on up there last April. It was amazing that the huge triploid that Eric landed was taken on an 1/8th ounce jig. I know that casting jigs along the shore is one of my brother Rick’s favorite ways to catch triploids on Rufus. Not only is it effective and fun anglers release small fish. When using bait all fish count toward your limit, whether kept or not. I hope to get up to Rufus soon.