Paradise Springs 2014

For the last few years Paradise Springs has kinda saved me from insanity during the long cold midwest winters.  If winter temperatures are mild enough (around 20-30 degres fahrenheit) there are many places around the great lakes to chase steelhead and lake-run trout.  If winters are like this one options dwindle down to mostly ice fishing.  Paradise Springs is a spring fed pond in the Kettle Moraine State Forest that does not freeze even in the coldest winters, providing anglers with a chance to catch wild and stocked trout in open water after the first of Janurary.  The first chance I got where temps were above freezing Andrew and I headed up for a trout fix.  I got there and within 45 min put about 6 or 7 trout in the net.  First a beautiful brookie, than a rainbow, than a brown.  First three fish and hit the slam.  Then I continued to catch a few more browns and all of the sudden like someone hit a switch the whole pond shut off.  Not another bite for the day. I left satisfied and am already dreaming about spring steelhead and the early trout season.