Trout Season Officially

Trout season actually started the day before our departure to New Orleans. Joe has hardly missed opening days of trout season, but he did this year. The weather was not favorable for fishing, and he wanted to avoid any sprained ankles before the trip. So yesterday was officially Joe's first day out on the stream. A quick trip to Frowling Falls... turned out to be one of the best outings. I (Kayo) had to work and miss all that excitement! Joe caught a couple of very nice browns first. Then he caught not one but TWO 29" steelhead, roughly weighing 6 pounds each.
To show how big the fish were, in the below picture is only one of the steelhead wrapped in a black garbage bag, barely fitting in our refrigerator.

Even better, here's Joe holding one. Oh, how I wish I could have been there....

Today, our Mother's Day plan was to have Joe's mom over for BBQ rib dinner, so we could go out fishing in the morning. The same stream as yesterday, but NNE wind (not good weather for fishing) and chillier. We didn't see any steelhead like we hoped. I did manage to catch this 14" brown before all small fish quit chasing spinners. A very good catch for a trout standard really, but I had to let it go because I was chasing after much bigger steelhead.  
Cheerful marsh marigold was in full bloom in woods, as we thought of all our mother figures out there. Happy Mother's Day!