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Well, after yesterday's dinks I kept my expectations very low for this outing. I wanted to see if I could hook up to another good sized fish like the ones that spit the hooks on me before I could land them yesterday.
I got out at 5:30am and trolled the exact same trails, lures, and depths as yesterday. Immediately after leaving my launch, I got a hit on my deep bucktail. I land it and measures out to 18". Already, I have exceeded my expectations and now I am trolling with an ear to ear grin. I set my lines back out and trolled for another 30 minutes with nothing to show for it. I pulled both lines in and checked for debris. None found. I start paddling again to set my lines back out and as I was setting my second line out my first one goes off, the deep bucktail again. I placed my second rod back in it's rod holder and grab the first. This one had some fight to it. After a fun little fight I land it and measured out to 21 3/4". I was extatic and could go home a happy man!
After this fish I only had another 45 minutes to fish so I quickly gill strung this guy up and continued trolling. For the next 40 minutes I landed 3 more fish all ranging from 15"-19".
By 7:00am I had trolled 3 miles and caught 5 fish total with one being a keeper. After all the dinks yesterday and a keeper in the mix today, I'd say the river season is off to a great start!!
Good luck to all!!
I got out at 5:30am and trolled the exact same trails, lures, and depths as yesterday. Immediately after leaving my launch, I got a hit on my deep bucktail. I land it and measures out to 18". Already, I have exceeded my expectations and now I am trolling with an ear to ear grin. I set my lines back out and trolled for another 30 minutes with nothing to show for it. I pulled both lines in and checked for debris. None found. I start paddling again to set my lines back out and as I was setting my second line out my first one goes off, the deep bucktail again. I placed my second rod back in it's rod holder and grab the first. This one had some fight to it. After a fun little fight I land it and measured out to 21 3/4". I was extatic and could go home a happy man!
After this fish I only had another 45 minutes to fish so I quickly gill strung this guy up and continued trolling. For the next 40 minutes I landed 3 more fish all ranging from 15"-19".
By 7:00am I had trolled 3 miles and caught 5 fish total with one being a keeper. After all the dinks yesterday and a keeper in the mix today, I'd say the river season is off to a great start!!
Good luck to all!!
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