Last Weekend Camping Trip at RV

[c4charlie]

Took my little guys and my brother last weekend to Round Valley for a couple nights. First time my little guys 3 and 5 went camping without mom.

We caught a ton of fish. One evening we hit a lot of smallmouths that were feeding with double and triple hookups. Did some night fishing for rainbows. We took two keepers that we grilled up the next day with some lemon, paprika, onion, salt, pepper and parsley. Most important thing, kids had an absolute blast. As we finally got on the road to go back home my older son asks if we can go back tonight for night fishing (not sure we made it past the exit gate yet when he said that).

We are so lucky to have such a great lake nearby. Water is so clear that it really makes it a challenge in the daytime if you are not trolling.

check out my little guys hold of the smallmouth. I have tried to instill it to treat the fish with respect from day 1 and now they hold them better than me. These little guys have been fishing since one and a half and they are usually the first ones to bring fish to the boat already. I just sit back and watch sometimes. Older one learned how to tie a Palomar knot during our camping weekend and he was so happy!

No pics of me, I actually did not catch too many this time. It was a windy weekend and I tried to do fly fishing but the fish were not very cooperative as they were the week before.

[DarkSkies]

The 2nd one from the bottom is priceless, Charle. The little guy looks like he's on top of the world. I would definitely consider putting both of those bottom pics in a frame for their rooms.

Looks like you all had a good time and caught some fish along the way. Great pics and story.

[cowherder]

Amazing pics and smiles, c4charlie. Awesome sunset as well.

[nitestrikes]

Very nice, miles of smiles.

[voyager35]

Great pictures, beautiful sunsets.

[buckethead]

That's a good sized smallie there Charlie, good work.

[c4charlie]

Thanks guys. Funny how they just about always catch more than me. The little one has been on a roll lately.

[rip316]

Good deal c4. I used to fish RV a lot about 15 years ago. Used to catch a lot of lake trout.

[c4charlie]

I have not targeted the lake trout. What was your technique for them, trolling or ? Seems like most of the day action is trolling. Kids not very patient for trolling so I am always targeting fish that we can cast to and not have to wait too long.

[ledhead36]

It seems a wonderful time was had by all, thanks for sharing.

[rip316]

You can jig them too. Same profile metals as shiners. Sometimes they will be feeding deep. Have to know the water temps they prefer. They also will chase bait on the surface early in the morning just like bass and blues. Boat traffic will shut them down too.

[jigfreak]

Cool times, thanks for sharing.