I have been trying to get up to Rufus Woods Reservoir to fish the net pens for quite a while. Finally, last Tuesday I was able to take one of my fishing buddies, Keith Hiatt, up there. Keith has been with me to fish from shore at the middle pens and we had a great day. Four of us were limited and had some 5- or 6-pound triploids in our catch. We started at the corner of the middle pens and Keith pitched a jig while I fished out the back of the boat with rods baited with Power Bait or a marshmallow and shrimp combo. Keith missed a hit on the jig, and I didn’t get a bite on the bait rods. We then ran up to the upper pens and after not getting any bites on our bait rods tried casting jigs and Rapala Jigging Raps, thinking we may get a walleye along the shore below the pens. I even took Keith to a spot upriver from there and tried without success to get some trout on a bobber and jig. According one angler on the shore the fishing had been good right up until this last week.