We launched shortly after 7 and had our first fish in the boat by 7:30, a medium sized laker and that was a precursor for things to come. We ran 2 rods on riggers down 25’ and 35’, 2 slide diver rods set back at 125’, and 2 longlines with a mix of standard salmon spoons and colors and the bite was steady, one lake after another ranging in size from 14” to over 30” and young Kelsey was getting a workout! At around laker # 14 we finally popped a salmon, a nice healthy 17” specimen and thought maybe our luck was about to change to silver but wrong! Right back to slime and at one point I caught Jim LECTURING a laker as he was about to release it saying: “THIS IS A SALMON LURE! Your kind do NOT eat these!!” Desperate times call for desperate measures so I decided to call my better half for luck as I have in the past which reminded Jim he had dog treats in his jacket pocket and he chucked a handful overboard for luck (long story for a different day) and 15 minutes later we had an 18” salmon on the longline. You can’t make this stuff up!
By then it was 12:30 and the wind picked up a bit to give us a solid chop and we fished another hour or so to round off our laker total at 30.
Kelsey was a rockstar and landed several fish and drove the boat at times when things were busy on the back deck, I think she’ll be back!!
. Once again a great trip on the Mistress with her full enclosures and heater. As an added note I will let everyone know, interesting that it was, I didn't find anything at all in the two salmon bellies. But the lake trout had some "big" alewives in their bellies. Hope everyone had a great day out there . Look forward to seeing everyone again soon. Tight lines, Jim
