non-yak trout farm in HMB!

On Saturday 5-28, I'm taking my son & nephew to the Lintt Trout Farm in HMB. Yeah, I know...and I hate trout farms too. But my bro-in-law has been bugging me to go for years, so we're taking our boys there on Saturday. We'll probably be there from like 10-2? I seriously have no idea about the place---anybody been there? I read you can bring your own rods, so I'll be packing my new gear lol. Is it bad juju to break-in new gear at a trout pond?
Thanks for any info!
Pat

Pat, sounds cool. I looked them up and a review dated 2009 said they were close as in shut down. May wanna double check that they are still there. Hope the review is wrong...cuz I wanna take the kids.

I went there many moons ago, probably in 2003.  There was a concrete raceway that cascaded into a small dirt pond.  For an entrance fee, I was provided a rental rod, a bucket, and gob of dough bait.  Looked like peanut butter but it tasted like $hit (yes, on a dare, I tried a piece LOL.)  The rule is that you must bag anything/everything you land.  Populated by variable size stockers.

I didn't want to harm or be required to purchase an excess number of fish.  I ended up switching out the hook/bait and tying on a 1/16 barbless jig with the point crimped toward the shank.  The fish would mouth the jig just long enough to make the line jump and give the thrill of a bite without getting hooked and ending up in the bucket.  Very much a wet "dry hump", you know what I'm sayin'.

Why go all the way to half moon bay to  fish in a barrel?  You can do that in Morgan Hill, Gilroy, and the other places that have PPT (Pay per trout) 

10-2.....dude you better bring a couple hundo to cover the tab on all the trout your gonna catch.

Yeah, I took the little girl to Parkway 3-4 months back and we ended up at the Sure Catch Pond after a couple hours fishing the "lake."  She had a blast!!!  We fished for about 30 minutes, landed 4 fish, lost many others, and my daughter had the time of her life.  The fish only set us back $20 so it wasn't that bad.  Unfortunately I've been wanting to take her back but they closed the pond down about a couple months back.

I did something similar to Martin so that she could feel the fish for a few seconds and then they'd come off.  I think I used power worms rigged wacky style and they wouldn't take the whole thing in their mouth.  If only I'd had a GoPro cuz she cackled like no other.

Next time we head out, I'll post a hook-up.

OK we've decided to change locations...and, umm yeah, Lintt Pond is closed D'OH!
So we're going to Troutmere Pond in La Honda instead! Then maybe continue over the hill to Duartes in Pescadero afterwards.
I'm definitely bending barbs. Because I don't want a pile of planter trout, much less a bill for a pile of planter trout! But I DO want to see my son catch a fish all by himself. Standby for video excitement!

cool can't wait. just make a loop in some mono and tie on some dough! All the fun w/o the price

Cut the hook where the barb starts.....that oughtta let him fight it all the way back to the bank then....oooops 

I brought my kids to Troutmere about 10 years ago.  I don't know if they made any improvements.  10 years ago, we had to use their poles.   I don't remember if there was a reel or not.  I kinda remember a bamboo pole with a line and a hook.  The fish were starving. It was like fishing in a algee covered swimming pool. Caught 5 fish in 5 minutes.  The kids had fun.

Pat -  nothing better than introducing the kids to fishing.    I marched my son out on a 9 mile hike last weekend so he could catch a dozen fish.  I am sure he would have found a trout farm much easier.    I hope he never discovers them. 

Have fun!

Lawrence

That trout pond in LaHonda is in a way better setting than Lint was as well.

Awesome info! Thanks guys! (and a Flyaker sighting too!)
So Eric do you want to go on Sat? I'll call you today to figure out what time etc.

Sounds like a great time for the kids. If you can, let me how it turns out, I'd love to take my girls somewhere like this. And Duartes as well, great way to end a day. I can almost smell that bowl of artichoke soup! Enjoy it!

KOA in San Juan Bautista would be A better bet Pat! You have catfish bass and sunfish all catch but no keep. The trout are no throw back for A fee and close to home. Good luck get Duke on some fish!