"Yeah I suppose, what do you want?"
"Will you go fishing and catch a couple lake trout for me?" - After I recovered consciousness from falling off my chair, I said - "Sure, why?"
"There's a Lebanese guy who works at the Food Pantry with me who was complaining about not having a fresh fish for Christmas Eve dinner. He heard me talking about you throwing fish (lake trout) back."
"Well, yeah, I can probably catch a laker, but they don't taste too good, pretty oily"
"They usually have carp - so I think a laker might be a step up"
So, that's how I ended up launching at Port Henry yesterday.
It was a bit "Frosty" early
but it all laid down around 10 and it was really a pleasant day.
Too bad the fish didn't know - I got the 1st laker - a nice 8#'er within 10 minutes off Elm Point - then I washed lures from Elm Point to Scotch Bonnett to Dudley to Beaver Brook where at 12:30, I caught my 2nd laker.
And that was IT!
Do I put the Money Pit II in mothballs - the answer this morning is Yes, but I'll look at the weather mid-week to make a final decision.
May the New Year bring all of you health, prosperity and "tight-lines"!
