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The 2009 trout season officially opened on Saturday, April 18, and fishermen and fisherwomen of all ages and sizes were out in full force at local fishing holes, trying their luck.

Angela Kelly, of Dallas, prepares her rod for the day’s events on Leonard Creek in Beaumont.

J.J. Sims, of Swoyersville, gets help from his uncle, Stanley Sims, as they pull a brown trout out of the inlet.
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Mackayla Sims and her brother, Robert, of Sweet Valley, wait patiently for a nibble on the opening day of trout season. Charlotte Bartizek photos/ For The Dallas Post |
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Ed Hartman, of Dallas, brings in another wiggly one from the Harveys Lake inlet at Sunset Beach. |
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