Other than the big motor being a two stroke which is hard starting after it's been sitting for 6+ months everything is working flawless. Besides forgetting the net and losing two fish I don't give a damn.
Summit Lake is my go to spot for shakedowns and taking the grandkids fishing.
We are canceling this weekend's trip because it's supposed to be nasty and next weekend supposed to be 75 and sunny. I want my grandkids to have a good time on the lake instead of being cold wet and miserable like their grandpa is while chasing salmon hi in the river.

Watching a bald eagle fighting with an osprey is just icing on the cake.

Oh and I must leave you all with my signature ending on these type of threads.
Back to work slackers.

Sounds like a win to me

Looking forward to another season of mildly life threatening catch

Does Summit still have kokanee/silvers in it?

yeah....Slackers!

I do hope you guys know that I jest with y’all about almost everything, especially when it comes to fishin.
I will do some research for another word that hopefully it will not offend the masses. Steve, how about “ back to work you unretired workaholics”?

Kokanee are landlocked sockeye. Landlocked silvers are not classified as “Kokanee”.

Rocket at least we don’t have venomous snakes up here, it’s going to worry me being in the south, out in the woods fishing the lakes and swamps where I know there are copperheads, water moccasins and rattlesnakes. One these will probably make Ole Caveman really hurt himself gettin away from it.

You know how it is brother, we were used to them once, we can get used to them again.

Definitely. The only thing is I lost my hearing so my situational awareness has to save me.

Summit Lake has been my official “let’s test the boat engine(s) and most likely break down and have to row or tow it against the wind back to the launch” lake of choice since my dad first moved us out to the harbor in 1983.

If a guy doesn’t think about the septic systems, the perch fry up delicious.

Kokanee yes. Landlocked sockeye as the Caveman clarified. Best approach is downrigger or a deep six if you don’t mind shoulder exercises, they hang around low and the lake is rather deep.

I tried flatlining first off, generally in spring the waters are cold and the kokes are on the surface down to 10-15’.
There were trout jumping everywhere so targeted the kokes down to 27-47’ OTW. I just ate the two that I kept, man were they delicious once you cook the crap out of em…

See this is why I don’t post my fishing attempts and the Caveman posts his catches. Awesome!

Often times I do have an open seat available…

For me catchin dinner is a bonus that’s not always guaranteed but enjoy being on the water. It’s my happy place.