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I was happy to get an invite to fish Sat. morning with Sun. He and I have both had a busy summer and have not gotten out as much as we'd hoped.We met at St Jerome's Creek early in the morning...Sun was there 30 min ahead of me.
On the troll out, I caught 2 fish. A small trout I lost at the boat and this little guy
Unbelievably, that was the end of the catching. Sun had no fish until his paddle back....when he also lost a short trout at the boat. It was still a good morning and I enjoyed a leisurely paddle back and a nice visit with Sun at the ramp.
I would have liked to fish longer but the wind changed direction making the mouth of the creek unpleasant to fish.
Sunday I had an annual appointment with Ictalarus Bill. My wife is a Kinder-4 teacher and every year when they get to the week where they study the letter "Ff", she does fish prints with them. It is really fun and Bill and I provide the small flattish fish that make the best prints. So we headed to Piney Point looking for whatever we could catch but focusing on perch.
To my surprise, it was much easier to catch 16"-17.5" rockfish than perch! Since I was often casting my ultralight rod and casting in fairly shallow water, these fish were super fun to catch. Bill eventually caught a keeper and we continued to work shoreline till we catch enough perch. I was having a great time already, but then I hooked something extra feisty.......I thought, "Citation 'monster perch' for sure..."....imagining a 15 inch perch or some such. To my extreme surprise, this guy had taken my little Powergrub...Puppy drum have to be the best pound-per-pound fighters out there!
We caught a few more Rockfish trolling back to the ramp, .....generally enjoyable weekend.
On the troll out, I caught 2 fish. A small trout I lost at the boat and this little guy
Unbelievably, that was the end of the catching. Sun had no fish until his paddle back....when he also lost a short trout at the boat. It was still a good morning and I enjoyed a leisurely paddle back and a nice visit with Sun at the ramp.
I would have liked to fish longer but the wind changed direction making the mouth of the creek unpleasant to fish.
Sunday I had an annual appointment with Ictalarus Bill. My wife is a Kinder-4 teacher and every year when they get to the week where they study the letter "Ff", she does fish prints with them. It is really fun and Bill and I provide the small flattish fish that make the best prints. So we headed to Piney Point looking for whatever we could catch but focusing on perch.
To my surprise, it was much easier to catch 16"-17.5" rockfish than perch! Since I was often casting my ultralight rod and casting in fairly shallow water, these fish were super fun to catch. Bill eventually caught a keeper and we continued to work shoreline till we catch enough perch. I was having a great time already, but then I hooked something extra feisty.......I thought, "Citation 'monster perch' for sure..."....imagining a 15 inch perch or some such. To my extreme surprise, this guy had taken my little Powergrub...Puppy drum have to be the best pound-per-pound fighters out there!
We caught a few more Rockfish trolling back to the ramp, .....generally enjoyable weekend.
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