Skunked!

I finally got out fishing for the first time this year. For my destination, I chose McTucker Ponds, which is close to the northeast end of American Falls Reservoir. It was a surprisingly quick tritp and didn't take near as long to get there as I thought it would. When I first got there, I followed a sign that said Boat Ramp. This took me to several spots along the river, but nothing that I would classify as a pond. I threw some spinners and salmon eggs in but wasn't getting much action. I was planning on doing some shore fishing, so I didn't bring my waders or pontoon boat, and it made it very difficult to get to the spots on the river where I thought any fish would be. Finally, I decided that I had to have missed something, so I went back to the entrance ey wand went straight instead of turning at the Boat Ramp sign. This yielded a much friendlier looking location. There
were a series of small ponds. Each one had a dock or two and you could drive to about anywhere you wanted near them. I fished 3 or 4 of the ponds for a while. I tried spinners, some worms, more salmon eggs, and some lures that I got at Sportsman's Warehouse while they were closing, but I had no luck. It didn't help that the wind was blowing quite hard, which made it hard to make some of the casts that I wanted to make. I didn't stay for a very long time, but it was nice to get out again.
Today, I was feeling the urge to give it another shot, however, I didn't feel like heading out for another guarantted skunking, so I did what many books that I have read said to do and called Fish and Game. A very nice lady told me that there had been a fish kill and they had not stocked the ponds yet. I was very happy to learn that it wasn't strictly my fishing skills that left my cooler empty, but sad that my anticipated trip was cancelled. Oh well, I will just have to keep in contact with Fish and Game and see if I can get a head's up when there's actually a fish or two in the ponds.