Sun, Nov 22 2009
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Night fishing yields keeper-sized trout Although the fish didn’t come nearly so fast, they were larger. I worked Leonard’s Hibernator as well as a red San Juan Worm along with another of Leonard’s creations called the PMS, Pine squirrel Marabou Streamer.
Most of the fish that we caught were close to, but didn’t exceed, the pound mark. I fixed an olive-colored Hibernator three feet beneath a large float and cast far into the rush of water coming from the hatchery. It swung wide and went far out into the lake and back in, finally settling into an eddy formed by a group of bushes that stood deep in the water. The float sat and rocked gently in the slack water for several minutes as I watched Leonard taunt the smaller trout swimming near the shore. My float suddenly disappeared, and I quickly swept the rod to the side in order to miss all the overhanging limbs, and the hook set into something solid. For a moment I thought I’d gotten caught in one of the bushes, but then the rod bent deeply and Leonard began shouting instructions about keeping the proper pressure and rod angle. I fought that fish for some time before it came close enough for Leonard to scoop it up in the net. We measured and released the rainbow. It was 19 1/2 inches long, a very nice fish. We fished until two in the morning when we both finally declared that we’d had enough and stiffly stumbled back to our vehicles. After we’d removed our waders and packed up our equipment, Leonard poured up more of his special coffee to celebrate a fine night of fishing. After 2 1/2 years of guiding others and countless hours of fishing in the dark himself, Leonard knows the upper end of Lake Taneycomo and can find fish. After saying my goodbyes to Leonard, but before heading back to my motel, I stopped to check the cooler. What a fine breakfast those bacon-wrapped jalapeno walleye chunks made. 
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