Bacon, Rainbow Trout, and Aikido Update

On Saturday I drove out to Needle-creek Reservoir and spent the afternoon fishing. I caught three rainbow trout and at the end of the day, a large brown trout. The road leading up to Needle-creek opened up on May 30. The first photographs are the two gates that need to opened before driving through. The second photographs are of the road that curves through a narrow canyon leading up to the Reservoior.


Here are some photos from the lake itself, the temperature was in the 60 to low 70s. No wind, and the lake was one of the highest I have seen it.


There were not many people at the lake, a couple floated by on tubes.

Here are the fish I caught:

The final two photos are on the way out of the reservoir going towards Highway 50. I wanted to get a photo of the flooding along Tomichi creek.



When I got home, I gave the brown trout and one rainbow trout to my neighbors as there was no way I would be able to eat all four fish. (Incidentally, this is the first time since 2005 that I have caught my limit.) I tried wrapping the two trout with strips of bacon and then baking them at 350 degrees for twenty minutes. The bacon didn't fully cook but did provide a nice compliment to the fresh pink flesh of the trout. I saved some trout and the bacon for an omelet on Sunday morning. That was delicious and the next time I have extra trout, I am going to cook and save some more trout for trout omelets. Good stuff and not too fatting but definitely tasty bacon to the rescue of boring trout.

I am working on a formal Aikido teaching schedule for the summer. Hopefully it will be Monday and Wednesday nights. I should have more information today. Last night I went over to Escalante Fitness Center at 5:00, as a couple of friends thought they might show up for a quick class.