jimwarden
Well-known member
Met-up with Richard at 8:30am. Checked out Kings Slough-too low and icey. Headed to the East Ramp-too icey, but what is that? Someone has already broken through the ice a few yards. Richard and I want to fish. Richard has a plan. Fit his G3 into that small crack and run the motor enough to thaw out the ice, and run it somemore under the ice making a big bulge in the ice that cracked it good. Then drive G3 slowly over the ice to break us a path to the lake. Good plan Richard.
After the delayed blast off we headed down to the lower end as it was 32 degrees on the upper end. Started on the sunny side of the lake and it was a nice 37 degrees. Stayed on that side of the lake all day and worked along the shore very slow and steady. Nothing for the first hour plus, and then Richard scores a real nice rainbow trout. It was nice to break the ice (again). Then Richard scores a nice spot. We plod along with a few misses, pulldowns, and I have an idea about a deep pocket. Ask Richard to troll over there, and right on cue a nice 18ish spot pulls my float down, Richard videos it, and being camera shy the spot pulls off on cue and exits stage right. Had another good pull down in the same spot, but missed it. Move around a little more and I get a nice keeper size spot. I actually touched this one.
We keep moving along with a few misses and a few snags, and I'm about to say something to Richard about the point being good that we are approaching when he is suddenly in a battle for possession of his rod. The first 30 secords I wasn't sure who was going to win. Then the big fish got out into the deeper water and Richard was in charge. After a long fight Richard proudly held up the big fish of the day, 18 plus inches.
We continue along with the sun dropping low, and I hook up with another nice keeper. I'm making fun of the way it was fighting as it couldn't bend in the middle. It was wiggling stiffly like a shark when it pulled loose at the boat. Let that be a lesson to me to not make fun of a spot. The weather cooperated pretty well. We would have liked to have had more cloud cover, but at least the wind didn't bother us too much. And the sun felt pretty good after last week.
That was about it on the fish catching. It was great to get back out on the water with Richard. I hope we can do it again soon.
After the delayed blast off we headed down to the lower end as it was 32 degrees on the upper end. Started on the sunny side of the lake and it was a nice 37 degrees. Stayed on that side of the lake all day and worked along the shore very slow and steady. Nothing for the first hour plus, and then Richard scores a real nice rainbow trout. It was nice to break the ice (again). Then Richard scores a nice spot. We plod along with a few misses, pulldowns, and I have an idea about a deep pocket. Ask Richard to troll over there, and right on cue a nice 18ish spot pulls my float down, Richard videos it, and being camera shy the spot pulls off on cue and exits stage right. Had another good pull down in the same spot, but missed it. Move around a little more and I get a nice keeper size spot. I actually touched this one.
We keep moving along with a few misses and a few snags, and I'm about to say something to Richard about the point being good that we are approaching when he is suddenly in a battle for possession of his rod. The first 30 secords I wasn't sure who was going to win. Then the big fish got out into the deeper water and Richard was in charge. After a long fight Richard proudly held up the big fish of the day, 18 plus inches.
We continue along with the sun dropping low, and I hook up with another nice keeper. I'm making fun of the way it was fighting as it couldn't bend in the middle. It was wiggling stiffly like a shark when it pulled loose at the boat. Let that be a lesson to me to not make fun of a spot. The weather cooperated pretty well. We would have liked to have had more cloud cover, but at least the wind didn't bother us too much. And the sun felt pretty good after last week.
That was about it on the fish catching. It was great to get back out on the water with Richard. I hope we can do it again soon.
