A Great New Year Start On Surprise
Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2019 6:25 pm
Today I fished with Carl Petri & Tom Booska out of Converse as The Arnold Hill needs more work than old guys wanted . We assembled at 9:30 when the air warmed up 5 trailers already out. Met Sea Ark launching ahead of us. We launched and started a old school run from the ramp setting as we trolled out. A spread of rigger, long line bead chain and bead chain on Offshore clip on side planers. Rainbow speedy shiners, Blue Silver Speedy's Ivan Purple brown trout and Fat buzzy in the mix. The Graph/GPS wouldn't light ....maybe the cold ......Nope, somehow the power cord had been dislodged loose, Carl called it and I don't know how but hooked back up and we have Joy.
Trolled out past Cedar, Garden and down headed south along Thompson. Lots of trash wood and little bait or fish showing. North end of Thompson we get bait and fish and pick a 18 inch salmon 45 down on a rainbow speedy for the first fish of 2019 on Surprise.
Yacked with Instigator- Reggie and Swilly- Will and good to Greet them into the New Year and Season.
We trolled into a large debris field and managed to hook up and Tom boated a 8ft. three point branch off a side planer with no loss of lure.
Headed west from the South Thompson reef to the Unicorn at Grogg set the riggers down to 60 where we were marking bait and fish. As we approached the clouds parted and the sun came out. We did a lure change taking off the purple black and put some sparkly stuff back down. A rainbow sparkle Hi/Tek and a Silver Flo Green/Pink Mooselook.
Lures of the day
The bay south of Grogg has been known to hold bait and fish and as we entered 2 nice marks at 20 showed above bait . The Down rigger went off and the rod slammed down almost to the water. The rod picked up had no pull ....so slider take.....wait,holy shit a jump and no feel, wait finally feel the fish
and it is on . A classic battle with seven or eight jumps. Finally a clean net at the back of the boat.
Hi fives and congrats all around for the success of this team and a great start to the New Year.
Well it was time for the Lunch Celebration ....Today was Smoked Brown Trout, Smoked Salmon, some Smoked Brisket and a Beef Mushroom Barley Turkey Meatball soup and some Great Grapes.
We were off at 2 and Met Reggie Instigator who took our Team Pictures.
On my boat scale the fish was 26 inches and weighed 7.67 lbs enough to place second in the All Season Basin Derby knocking out the 7.66 lb place holder. At Field Sports in Middlebury after a lot of bleed out we weighed in at 7.5 lbs to bring in third place Knocking out 7.18 lb
Great Start to the Year and hope for a bigger fish to top this one before the All Season Basin Close.
The fish when cleaned and filleted to share had nothing in it as I suspected.
Couldn't HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT THE TEAM & THANKS TO CARL & TOM FOR SHARING THE DAY
Randy
Trolled out past Cedar, Garden and down headed south along Thompson. Lots of trash wood and little bait or fish showing. North end of Thompson we get bait and fish and pick a 18 inch salmon 45 down on a rainbow speedy for the first fish of 2019 on Surprise.
Yacked with Instigator- Reggie and Swilly- Will and good to Greet them into the New Year and Season.
We trolled into a large debris field and managed to hook up and Tom boated a 8ft. three point branch off a side planer with no loss of lure.
Headed west from the South Thompson reef to the Unicorn at Grogg set the riggers down to 60 where we were marking bait and fish. As we approached the clouds parted and the sun came out. We did a lure change taking off the purple black and put some sparkly stuff back down. A rainbow sparkle Hi/Tek and a Silver Flo Green/Pink Mooselook.
Lures of the day
The bay south of Grogg has been known to hold bait and fish and as we entered 2 nice marks at 20 showed above bait . The Down rigger went off and the rod slammed down almost to the water. The rod picked up had no pull ....so slider take.....wait,holy shit a jump and no feel, wait finally feel the fish
and it is on . A classic battle with seven or eight jumps. Finally a clean net at the back of the boat.
Hi fives and congrats all around for the success of this team and a great start to the New Year.
Well it was time for the Lunch Celebration ....Today was Smoked Brown Trout, Smoked Salmon, some Smoked Brisket and a Beef Mushroom Barley Turkey Meatball soup and some Great Grapes.
We were off at 2 and Met Reggie Instigator who took our Team Pictures.
On my boat scale the fish was 26 inches and weighed 7.67 lbs enough to place second in the All Season Basin Derby knocking out the 7.66 lb place holder. At Field Sports in Middlebury after a lot of bleed out we weighed in at 7.5 lbs to bring in third place Knocking out 7.18 lb
Great Start to the Year and hope for a bigger fish to top this one before the All Season Basin Close.
The fish when cleaned and filleted to share had nothing in it as I suspected.
Couldn't HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT THE TEAM & THANKS TO CARL & TOM FOR SHARING THE DAY
Randy
