Fishing Collins on 11/25, I was reminded that it ain't over until it's over. 2 clients and I spent 6 fruitless hours mostly trolling the lake for exactly nothing. No takedowns, not even a stink eye. We tried spincasting for a bit in along the east shoreline, but that didn't do any good either. Disappointed and frustrated, we headed back to the launch. But as we were literally tying up to the dock, I noticed one solitary trout, about 3 pounds, cruising near the surface. On a whim, and I almost didn't do it, I cast a grub I'd been using earlier. And while that particular trout didn't bite, 5 or 6 others followed my grub back to the dock. And that's when we all noticed there were even more fish- an entire school of nice, Collins-sized fish. There were even a few lightning trout mixed in. We got the two other spinning rods back out and started tossing. In 20 minutes we had these four rainbow to about 5 lbs, 2 on a copper Mepps spinner and 2 on Power Bait we just tossed in and soaked. The grub got nothing but looks! We would've stayed longer and I'm certain we would've caught more, but the young guy had borrowed his girlfriend's car and had to get to work. I have a hunch they'd just done another stocking and maybe these fish hadn't yet moved away from the dock, but I didn't see a truck, and nobody was fishing nearby. Craziest end to a morning of fishing I've experienced in a while. It was a good lesson to not be afraid to try something completely different, and to never totally give up until the boat's out of the water and the tie-downs are on!