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Jessica with a rainbow she caught today, her new personal best fish. Didn't measure, but my Mark I thumb says ~1.5 pounds. Good thing I brought my net, that thing was a fighter!
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Albums: Rainbows, March 11, 2012
Location: Campbell Perc Ponds, San Jose
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Pretty girl - makin daddy proud.
Nice job Jessica such a pretty smile. I know you made somebody proud. Keep fishing I know there's a bigger one out there with your name on it.
@Leo - these were actually caught from shore in a small pond (not more than 5 acres, at a guess; probably less) in San Jose. it's one of the three Campbell percolation ponds in San Jose, and they occasionally stock trout in winter and catfish in summer. They had (special?) stocking this weekend for a DFG Fishing in the City kids' fishing day.
Sadly, no watercraft of any kind are allowed there. Too bad, the first (and smallest) pond would probably be a great bass fishery if you could find a place to get a tube in the water. All or nearly all of the shoreline is lined with bullrushes, so there is little or no pressure on that pond. I would only C&R bass there, partly out of conservation, partly because the mercury levels are high and it's not recommended to eat indigenous fish there. The stocked trout and cats don't spend enough time there to build up high mercury levels, so they're OK to eat.
@Leo - yeah, I'll need to keep a Streetsweeper shotgun mounted over the fireplace as a conversation piece. She's got her mom's flirty personality, too, so I'm really in trouble lol :p
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