Sparky Larson
05-22-2006, 09:36 AM
Well, I guess I should give a report on the week-end fishing trip. Due to the fact that everyone had other things cooking, Don and I were the lonely fisherman. Friday, was rainy and cold, so we decided to wait until Saturday when the weather was a little warmer.
We got to a fishing hole about 1:00pm and fished for an hour or so, then moved to another spot. We knew the wind was going to be blowing out of the north northwest so we left the boat at home. What the heck, Don and I both enjoy Bank fishing. When we moved to the river hole, the wind was still blowing pretty hard. ( different boats were going out, but they weren't staying long). We fished til about 9:00pm, with not much to show for it. I had a lot of bites, but couldn't seem to make a hookup. Then finally I got in a nice 29" 4 1/2lb Northern Pike. At this point, I gave Don a lesson on how to fillet a Pike with no bones. At least I didn't get skunked! A little later landed another pike, but it was only about 20" long.
Don, did manage to land a nice Cat a little shy of 8lbs.
We thought that the wind would die down once the sun started to set, but that didn't happen. So as the sun disappeared, it looked liked a strom was brewing, so we packed things up and went home.
We didn't catch alot of fish, but we had some great conversation, grilled up a couple of weiners and drank a couple of cold ones. Like they say, if you go out every time and tons of fish, we would call it catching and not fishing!
All in all, it was a good outting. Don, did take a couple of pics, which I'm sure he will post. I'm the one weighing that catfish, But Don was the one who landed it.
Lucky for us, A few miles on our way home it started to rain, so we left just in time.
Sparky
We got to a fishing hole about 1:00pm and fished for an hour or so, then moved to another spot. We knew the wind was going to be blowing out of the north northwest so we left the boat at home. What the heck, Don and I both enjoy Bank fishing. When we moved to the river hole, the wind was still blowing pretty hard. ( different boats were going out, but they weren't staying long). We fished til about 9:00pm, with not much to show for it. I had a lot of bites, but couldn't seem to make a hookup. Then finally I got in a nice 29" 4 1/2lb Northern Pike. At this point, I gave Don a lesson on how to fillet a Pike with no bones. At least I didn't get skunked! A little later landed another pike, but it was only about 20" long.
Don, did manage to land a nice Cat a little shy of 8lbs.
We thought that the wind would die down once the sun started to set, but that didn't happen. So as the sun disappeared, it looked liked a strom was brewing, so we packed things up and went home.
We didn't catch alot of fish, but we had some great conversation, grilled up a couple of weiners and drank a couple of cold ones. Like they say, if you go out every time and tons of fish, we would call it catching and not fishing!
All in all, it was a good outting. Don, did take a couple of pics, which I'm sure he will post. I'm the one weighing that catfish, But Don was the one who landed it.
Lucky for us, A few miles on our way home it started to rain, so we left just in time.
Sparky