- Moni bought a house
- the year of the uprooted trees
- the year of talk of Nicole and religion and anus love
- the year Savannah became an intern at Paramount
- the year Shannon needed permission to see her family at Big Bear and she said Moni's kids and mom couldn't come - Honor Thy Mother and Father
- a mostly rainy week
- no Dish TV - no Fox News
- the raft was floating around
- we didn't go to Record Lake
- the Octagon house was for sale
- Tommy caught a 25 inch walleye, an 18 1/2 inch small mouth bass
- I caught a 32 inch Musky and a 12 inch crappie
- I was too tired to fish much by the end of the week; only caught 22 fish
- lures that worked for me were the Mepps #4 and the Rapala jointed shad craw
- Adam had good luck with a white square bill
- Tommy had good luck with a Rapala Rattlin' Rap that was red with a yellow belly
- no boat problems
- use less than a tank of gas
- need rod protectors to keep rods from tangling
- need #4 Mepps and small tail dancers
- Wilderness Bay opened by a couple from Iowa
- need a different brand of 6# test, no #8
- two hats and a cooler were floating in the lake
- the largest fish, maybe 60 inches, musky or lake trout, came up on my Spro Little John lure
- Sat rain - no fish
- Sun rain
- Mon rain
- Tues rain, wind, cold 40's
- Wed sunny, windy
- Thurs partly cloudy
- Fri sunny, hot 80's
- Sat rain coming, didn't fish
- need snack bars for boat
- two meals a day
- need Pringles; more orange zero water
- no more ham
- no bacon with meatloaf
- set the hook - lost two or three fish
- lost lures, line broke, snags, line fouled
- after lure lands, lift rod to take up slack and prevent lure from fouling
- lure in tree by dock, difficult to retrieve because I'm old, overweight and out of shape
- bring street shoes for cabin
- lures that work for Tommy I don't seem to have: bleeding hot olive, tail dancer, shallow rap perch, rattlin' rap
- chair on perch saved my back
- need hand towels
- only need two or three rods in boat
- Jack's pizza excellent
- saw stars and satellite
- rids chewy
- Wed/Thurs caught nothing after breakfast
- license went from $68 to $76
- cab $80, Uber $28
- no coffee mug
- the sunkin island on thousand Island Lake was productive; I should try a Mepps #4 there
- need a pizza cutter
- tommy's leg slipped off the trailer hitch, scrapped the side, and his feet went into the water. He said iy hurts like hell.
- use only three rods in boat; don't need to buy any more
Love your input. Will listen to requests or ideas for future blogs. Have a safe day. Would love to hear from former students or their great parents. God bless the United States of America.
Tuesday, June 6, 2017
Fishing Notes 2017
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