Everything That Swims: Election Day Stockers

Today I woke up at 5:00 am and went turkey hunting on a property in orange county... I saw nothing at all, so when I got home I called up my grandfather and he said he could take me to sugar hollow reservoir to trout fish for a little bit this evening. After the 45 minute drive, I hopped out of the car at the dam to check for a couple that hang around the pull off spot by a log jam. When I walked down I was pleased to see 3 small brookies next to the bank, so I cast my trout magnet near them and worked it through the school. Out of no where, a 12 inch brookie surged in and smashed the bait in 1 foot of water. I brought that one to the net and added it to my bucket. On my very next cast I hooked another great 11.5 inch brookie, I kept that one as well. Immediately I caught another nice brookie, and by now I was getting confused, the lake hadn't been stocked in a month, what the heck were these fish doing here? I released the fish.
I walked over to where I had been casting and my eyes were as big as golfballs when I looked down upon the school of 300+ brookies, once again, here at sugar hollow, I was there the day of stocking! I caught probably 10 more, keeping 1 nice one, and releasing the rest. I tied on a 1/32oz white marabou jig to try to entice a larger fish. It worked, I landed a monster, a 13 inch male with huge shoulders. I kept him and then the school pretty much shut down, so I tied up a #10 egg hook. I pinned a tiny earthworm on it, leaving the whole worm dangling down, I caught my last keeper on this, and released one little guy.
I walked down to the weir below the dam (most people think this is the fly fishing only with a 45$ permit part...it's not haha) I cast a 1/8oz castmaster out into the heavy current, I had a few taps but no hook ups. I made 5 more casts only hooking 1 fish that came unbuttoned instantly. I made a few more casts and hooked into a nice fish, a beautiful rainbow, I was easing my net into the water when it threw the hook. But I already had my 6 fish limit so I would've released it anyways, the only loss from that was a photo opportunity. That concludes my trip to sugar hollow on election day, thanks for reading!