James Adley started the week's catch off with a 7 lb. 8 oz. Catfish. With the warmer days and nights I knew it was just a matter of time before the Catfish catches would start to pick up. That's great news for the derby participants since the winner of 1/2 the pot only has to have the biggest fish (doesn't...
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Margaret & Ray Johnson brought their family to Collins Lake for another annual fishing trip and Ray ended up catching his Biggest Collins Lake Trout ever-a 7 lb. 12 oz. by the dam on Powerbait. The Foulke, Jensen, & Corrie families joined in with the Johnsons and caught almost 3 limits of Trout. It was a great "joint effort". The...
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Jason Pound, Robin Strobeck, and Shannon Brawning all told their Collins Lake Fish photographer that their fish was the BIGGEST FISH THEY EVER CAUGHT!! We hear stories such as these over and over again each year. It's not hard to do either since Collins Lake plants Rainbow Trout up to 10 pounds in size. The age old theory that you...
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Eric Hunter ended his week long camping trip with a 9 lb. 4 oz. Rainbow Trout catch! To top that off he won the weekly derby and got a check for $62.50 for his fabulous catch! Eric was trolling with worms and Powerbait near the dam. The day before he and his sons, Jesse & Jimmy picked up 4 decent...
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