Sorry I haven’t updated here in a while.
I’ve been posting on my Open Seats thread on NWFA. They think I spend more time fishing and have more fishing stuff than gun stuff, they’re right…
If you want to follow that thread here it is, warning it’s lengthy.
https://www.northwestfirearms.com/threa ... ts.328720/These are my two last outings…
6-15-21
At 5 am the duck starts a quackin (it’s about the only ringtone that wakes me from a dead sleep, that and Mrs Caveman’s elbow when I don’t stir)
I’m on the road in 45 mins (a record for me). Sunshine snuffed out by fog that I’m almost positive will burn off very soon and blind me as I drive East into it. No traffic, not even one slow poke or slowdowns.o_O I’m really thinking that this is some kind of a fluke but hoped for the best.
I WAS RIGHT but so glad that I didn’t forget the prescription Oakleys…. I was gonna need em and my sun hat!!!!
I met Mr and Mrs. @2ndtimer at the ramp about 15 minutes early. Was looking at 1.5-2’ wind waves and thought “we’re gonna need a bigger boat” but knew the 18’ Jetcraft Yukon would handle it nicely (unlike the rodeo trip with @Thomas_Gunne a few months earlier). :eek:
We motored to the killing fields slowly to get acquainted, had a brief safety briefing and what to expect once we arrive and git to fishin…
First and foremost, there should ALWAYS be a butt in the Captains chair if not his own. Things get dicey when navigation is taken for granted.
Once we located the first school, the action was pretty much constant with a 20-30 minute lull to give ole Caveman’s back a break (because the two stacked lines were tangled up and couldn’t catch squat). :oops::oops::oops:
Another reason to check them lines occasionally that aren’t getting bit…
Mrs. 2ndtimer did a stellar job, listening, following my directions and reeling in the first half dozen 14-18” fish… THEY WERE HUGGEEEEE!!! These fish are growing very fast and man alive they are a great fight using my Lamiglas Classic Glass Kokanee rods!!!!
Next up Mr. @2ndtimer takes a break from the helm to get in on the action and seemed to enjoy it greatly. We had more bites than Carter had liver pills, we let the 3 little guys live for another day and lost a half dozen or more right at the boat… It’s heart breaking to see the big fish give you the fin and swim away….
The wind did finally lay down probably about 11-12 and it got warm but we were still in the fish and limited out with 15 fish by 1pm. There was a mix of LL Coho, rainbows and Triploid rainbows.
All in all it was a great birthday present for
Mrs. 2ndtimer, I’m pleased that she enjoyed a day of fishing catching and learning how to troll for the tastiest fish in the lake.
That’s to be expected it was such a fantastic and action packed day I didn’t take very many pictures at all but here’s a crappy one that tells the tale.;)
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Saturday 6-19
Well yesterday’s adventure was with my regular crew, I will call them normal because they are not. Lol
Anyways the duck started quackin at 2:45am :eek:
Yeah, I was thinking about the hoards of Bubbas that would show up at the ramp trying to figure out how to launch their boats like last year…
We got to the park entrance at 5:15 AM and there were two boats ahead of us so that was a relief. Additionally, there was actually only a dozen boats in the parking lot when we arrived so we did not have to wait to launch.
The only thing different from my last trip was that yesterday played out with no sunshine, just clouds. I didn’t need my Oakley‘s nor my sun hat, the sun did decide to appear around 11:30 after we were out of the water heading home… :D
Riffe lake is my own personal rinse and repeat fishery…:s0062:
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