Idaho Exposure

I threw back at least one small trout while fishing off the peninsula near the SW end of the lake. It's a good place as one can cast several directions, depending on the wind, and the water is deep. The small ones bit, but the larger, smarter fish checked out the grasshopper and left quickly. I decided to quit. It was already 11 am, and I wanted to get going nasty weather closed in. Just E of the peninsula, I saw a cove that was protected from the wind. This fish struck on the first cast. Not very big, but I was afraid if I released it, it might die anyway. I decided to pack it out.