I got to the lake nice and early,and was glad that I did. It was a beautiful morning ! There was just a light fog out but not enough to matter. It was 59 deg and no wind, the water was like glass. I motored out and set out the rods then set back to watch the sun rise.

Today was to be a day to test out the 3.5 hp to see if it would work as a trolling motor. I test ran it at home yesterday and thought it was all set. But once it was on the boat, it was a no go. So I pulled it off, and put the elect back on.

With no wind I kicked it into low ( #1) and put the boat into motion. And a rod goes off. I grab the rod and look around to find a land mark to refer to ( out in the middle of the lake, like that was going to happen ) (My GPS is still out.) It's a nice one ! I set the boat to do a slow circle to see if he was by himself. Nope !! He had some friends with him . In the next half hour I boat 6 nice keepers. I keep making the circles but seem to moving down the lake a bit, but I'm still catching fish.

I check the live well and throw a couple back. No mediums today. The wind starts up and I head back to the ramp.

I didn't get to test out the 3.5, but I came home with 10 nice keepers and let as many go. I was off the water by 10 am. Now to work on getting that motor to start.