then came april ist opening of trout season in new york. wayne and i hit some bushwhack ponds and did very well with the highlights wayne nice brown and i losing a bobber and a hook
only to have a brookie get it loose and swim by wayne and wayne thinking it was his bobber pulling in his line.
then 2 weeks later i think fishing that same pond i was fishing with 2 bobbers took a walk to check out the outlet came back and to my amazement there was 3 bobbers out there and one moving. 
wasnt long another started moving and i started retreiving that line and to my surprise i had a nice brookie tangled up in my line the same brookie that swam by wayne a week ago. got my bobber back and hook and released the brookie back in the pond. wayne and i then started hitting some roadside ponds for trout and did very well on occasion . then soon i was heading down to the lake spin casting for salmon and browns sometimes in may and june. also was going to test the new casting honeybee for jim and it wasnt no surprise to me they catch fish and cast very well and will be good trolling also. the salmon bite was a slow start where i normally fish so i had to do some scouting with the help of some forum members that were trolling the area. once i did the fun started and the salmon bite was on fire. right into june the salmon were still active in 2 to 8 fow. 
then hairbone, jimmer, and others started asking me to go out trolling with them. what a blast that was ist time out with harry i lost what we thought when we saw it jump 2 or 3 times a 10 lb plus salmon that broke me off. harry and i had a great day that day and every time we went out. i even lassoed a salmon that day and i hope to post the pic later. then out with jimmer and ed out first trip what a blast that was as i saw all the hits and jimmer and ed would just shake there heads and would eventually grab the right rod and fish on. we caught plenty of salmon and lakers that day but they didnt compare to all the laughs we had. to end that day on a funny note we started reeling in the rods to go and ed says i got a bunch of weeds on this rod i said ed are they coming up ed says no so i tell ed then you got a laker on ed just looked at me funny and then he got his line in closer and he says not weeds a nice laker. we were laughing all the way in to the boat launch. brought jimmer down shore casting for salmon 1 evening and what hits jimmers lure 10 feet from shore but a 40 inch 15 lb pike. you talk about startled wow this was chaos. i grabbed the net and every time the pike would get close it would shoot out with jimmer just backing up as he went out. dont know how many times i attempted to put it in the net but seemed like forever. finally got it in the net and swung it up and over to jimmer who i think was at least 6 feet back from shore now. we gave each other the high fives and jimmer just landed his biggest pike ever casting for salmon. there was alot more interesting outings these ist 6 months and cant post everything but would like to thank all forum members for their help . to many to list on here it was a great ist 6 months of 2016. will post some pics. failed to mention me testing the new casting honey bees for jim . they turned out just as expected the salmon crushed them and casting them with even 12 lb trilene big game was good.a nice salmon
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caught lots of panfish sunnies and yellows and some whites but always move when they come around. one morning i was out in 10 or 12 fow and using 2 worm rods one dragging bottom and one set under the boat. sometime in the morning i casted out my worm rod went to set it down and before i know it something yanks it right out of my hands and it flys out of the boat sinking and moving at a fast rate. searched for a couple of hours dragging bottom for my shimano rod and reel but never recovered it. my mind kept thinking that was ghost the catfish i have been chasing for 2 years and this time my rod doesnt float. well 2 weeks later i was anchored about 100 yards from there to the north and my rod under the boat doubled over and slammed the side of the boat and let loose. started to pull the line in but was stuck on something like the anchor rope. so i started to pull up the anchor and saw my green line rapped around the anchor rope kept lifting and what i then saw shocked me there was not only my line caught on it but also wrapped around my shimano rod and reel i lost 2 weeks ago. on my hook was a 2 scales as big as a quarter so then i knew it wasnt ghost the catfish. i named this guy brute and challenged him for 4 weeks after but never hooked
