Last Friday was the first morning of a triple-header fishing adventure that my fishing partner Rollie Schmitten and I had planned. We were going to be fishing Rufus Woods, Banks Lake and Buffalo Lake, and try for triploid rainbow trout, smallmouth bass and kokanee. We started our adventure fishing below the upper net pens on Rufus Woods. There wasn’t a lot of current, which was a concern. Fishing is always better when there is current but can also be a challenge when fishing with light jigs. We wanted to fish with jigs and no bait so we could release any small fish we landed. Rollie was jigging our favorite 1/8th ounce olive jig and hooking some dandy trout, and they were all keepers. We switched to bait, as we wanted to get down to Banks Lake, and have plenty of time to fish for smallmouth. It didn’t take long to finish our limits, with triploids that averaged about 5 pounds. This is a ton of fun when you are fishing with light gear. Rollie was very impressed with quality of the fish we caught and was looking forward to loading up his smoker with them.