Cool, Crisp Morning

Not having seen my good friend Ernie for some time, we got together yesterday for a little time to aggravate some of the river fish. 0630 he got to the house and after a cuppa it was off to the river. Launch was easy, just starting to build for the inevitable traffic that these pretty days bring. Started a little slow and I wondered if the full moon had given them the buffet the previous night. Didn't wait long though and I felt the tick we all long for. We both had little outfits in our hands, mine Nanofil and Ernie 2lb Stren Crappie mono. Effortless to cast. As that first fish surfaced I had to grab the net, a real stud. Turn on the pump and into the live well he goes.

And so it went for the next two hours. Had to show Ernie how to stay in touch with a falling jig to feel the light tick that the 1/32 jigs give, but once that was done he was boating fish regular. After a start in the 50's just after daybreak, it was nice to have the sun show itself and warm the day. Now it was comfy. My friend Eddie was also there and we chatted back and forth and really enjoyed ourselves. But a little later the bite slowed and others came to stay and not liking crowds, especially those that move into the middle of where we were trying to stay out of and not crowd the fish, it was time to move off.

I asked Eddie what time it was; 0915. A little over two hours and we had all been talking how the bite had slowed. Fired up and went north but never turned another fish. I did see a guy release a nice 4lb LMB but he was looking for them. Almost 1100 we started for the ramp with 19 on the clicker , and 11 in the box with 2 over 13 and 1 over 14 with nothing under 11 1/2 today. Boat Launch Idiots made the load up a bit off but it wasn't too bad, and the jet ski's were just showing up. Our bucket of fish weighed 14lb 14oz and the empty bucket weighed 2lb 6oz, so all in all a very productive two hours of fishing.

A few pics of the fish and the day, and thanks for the visit.......Skeet.