My first mate is away and I had planned on doing a bunch of yard work yesterday but when I went into my garage at 5 am to get my weed whacker my Mistress was sitting there taunting me. I SWEAR I heard her say take me fishing! Without hesitating I rounded up my mutts and put them in the house and off to the lake I went.
I got to the launch at 6:30 and it was a picture perfect morning. Almost too nice! I shoved off and ten minutes later was setting lines on marks on the fish machine and within 1/2 hour I boated a fat and healthy 18” salmon which I promptly released. I continued on my preferred troll line for this time of year and caught another 18”-20” salmon (again released) along with a juvie. By then it was 9:30 and I was watching a pontoon parade coming from the launch area so I decided to pull my lines and head in to avoid playing stupid games at the dock before it got too busy. Sure enough as I got closer there was a pontoon boat tied off on one side loading about 8 people and what looked like enough baggage to crowd an airline check in kiosk and there was a wave runner tied off to the other side. I waited patiently for six minutes (yes, I was keeping track of time) and finally hollered to them to move the damn wave runner which begot me 3-4 dumb looks but they got the message
The bite was at 40’ and they liked green and silver on divers. Another awesome day on the water all be it a short trip.
Pat
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Right on about about the boat launch fiasco, Mistress. With all the regulatory ink devoted to boating rules and territorial waters very little is said about "boat launch etiquette" as in the French word for "be quick about your business". I often wonder if yet another form of protest isn't ongoing to hobble our watery coming and going. And many sites turn into bill board cities of signage when all that is needed is "MAKE YOUR MIGHTY PREPARATIONS OFF TO THE SIDE AND BE ON YOUR WAY!"
"Solo Saturday Salmon" Very nice...Kinda rolls off the tongue.
I take it one did so well on the Inland Sea?
The X Generation cometh with their wave runner over here at Golden Pond too. Grrr! I have literally had planer boards flip in their wake. And people are standing on the shore wondering where their beaches went after a boat goes by causing the parting of said Inland Sea.
Howabout, Sad Ending Sunday Sermon.
