Last week I was driving through 2 inches of snow and I was convinced that the winter was upon us and it was time to begin getting mentally prepared for ice fishing and then I stepped outside at five o'clock yesterday morning. It was forty five degrees and the skies were clear. The small bit of snow we received a few days ago was gone, but I didn't expect this kind of temperature change seeing as how it was in the single digits last week. Oh well, it is what it is, as they say and my mind immrediately turned to trout fishing.
"Is it possible that the trout will be biting?" I thought to myself and I immediately checked to see when the moon was rising and setting for the day. The moon was setting at 3:40 PM in my area on the 23rd of November, so I decided to take a flyer and do a little trout fishing.
I got to the river at around three o'clock and began fishing. I was drift fishing of course, hoping that the trout might be hungry with the little "break" in the weather. Well, two hours and three rainbow trout later, I came to the conclusion that they were. None of the trout were enormous, the biggest was 12 inches, but it was nonetheless a great afternoon on the water. This goes to show you how fishing in the heat of the day, when the moon is rising or setting, during the cold weather months can be the key to catching a few trout.
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