First cutthroat trout of 2011.

15 inch cutthroat trout
 January 2 a beautifull bright and sunny day on Horne Lake, which is only 35 minuites from my house. My first time ever fishing this lake as one of my favorite lakes to fish was frozen over, which is very unusual for Vancouver Island. The high temperature for the day was 27 F and the water temperature was 43 F. I was excited to see the huge amount of fish that showed up on the fish finder. As you can see the cutthroat was a good size coming in at 15" and in good shape. Great, another lake to fish close to home.