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What a great day for a number of reasons.
First & foremost, First fish outting of the year. Yee Haa !! It's about time.
Second, All equipment worked properly. Boat, motor, tackle etc.
It pays to have everything ready before you head out.
Third, We picked up right where we left off last season. Never did get down to the warmer side of the lake. Headed right for our usual locations & did quite well. Not the best day we've ever had there, but a good day none the less.
We didn't get out as early as we normally try to as it took time to defrost everything & we waited for it to warm a bit before heading out.
Got on the lake about mid morning & it didn't take long till we were realing in fish.
Ended the day around 5 or so with a basket full of nice size Gills.
Only kept about 1/2 of what we caught in Gills & tossed dozens back.
Caught about 20 smaller cats & a couple decent sized but threw all them back. About 30 minutes into the day I hooked into what I thought was a nice LM. It wasn't, but it was one elephant sized Carp. Was a lot of fun to catch, but needless to say....
Did end up catching 2 smaller LM which is encouraging for the future.
We both introduced ourselves & told them we'd meet them agian in a year or 2. Pretty much everything we caught was down 3 to 4 feet in about 10 to 12 foot of water
All in all, other than the chill, it was a great day & we're looking forward to many more this year.
Thanks to a great Gill cleaning tip we got from Tom H. a couple years ago, it won't take long today to get them ready to cook up for tonites dinner & some extra for the freezer as well.
Gotta love springtime.
First & foremost, First fish outting of the year. Yee Haa !! It's about time.
Second, All equipment worked properly. Boat, motor, tackle etc.
It pays to have everything ready before you head out.
Third, We picked up right where we left off last season. Never did get down to the warmer side of the lake. Headed right for our usual locations & did quite well. Not the best day we've ever had there, but a good day none the less.
We didn't get out as early as we normally try to as it took time to defrost everything & we waited for it to warm a bit before heading out.
Got on the lake about mid morning & it didn't take long till we were realing in fish.
Ended the day around 5 or so with a basket full of nice size Gills.
Only kept about 1/2 of what we caught in Gills & tossed dozens back.
Caught about 20 smaller cats & a couple decent sized but threw all them back. About 30 minutes into the day I hooked into what I thought was a nice LM. It wasn't, but it was one elephant sized Carp. Was a lot of fun to catch, but needless to say....
Did end up catching 2 smaller LM which is encouraging for the future.
We both introduced ourselves & told them we'd meet them agian in a year or 2. Pretty much everything we caught was down 3 to 4 feet in about 10 to 12 foot of water
All in all, other than the chill, it was a great day & we're looking forward to many more this year.
Thanks to a great Gill cleaning tip we got from Tom H. a couple years ago, it won't take long today to get them ready to cook up for tonites dinner & some extra for the freezer as well.
Gotta love springtime.