The Sportsman's Corner

Trout season opens in the Cove this Saturday (April 13). Many thousands of anglers will hit the water in the Cove and elsewhere, and they will employ many different strategies as they try to catch a few trout.

Take Jake and Max, for instance. Last year they drove to a stocked trout stream together but then separated a little before the 8:00 starting time. “I’m going downstream from the bridge where they stocked lots of trout,” said Jake, a grizzled veteran. “Some trout should have eased down the creek in the high water. I’m going to use a threaded-minnow rig and work the minnows back to my cas...