End of Year Trip

Fished the last days of 2011 with John W. and Leo M. Seeing a break in the weather John W. drove in from LA. and Leo M. flew in from FL. Day one was a search and fine mission for me resulting in 5 reds from 24 to 26 inch.  Day two John and Leo joined me and we boated some nice reds to 25 and a couple trout to 19. Day three was interesting to say the least. Due to the time of the bite we left the dock at 9:00 AM as planned.  However, due to the heavy fog we didn't see the sky or land mass till 2:30 PM. At one point we were only 30 yards from a beacon and couldn't see it.

The Hummingbird 1197c along with the Navionics Card made what would have been a Stay At Home Day... into a very memorable day for the three of us. Thanks to the Minn-Kota 101 we were able to cover a lot of water quietly resulting in a half dozen reds from 25 to 27 inches.  Largest hitting the scale at 12 lbs. according to John W. who caught it. Leo and I agreed to the fact that we thought the boat scale was off somewhat... short period later my red pushed 11lbs so I changed my obinion and had to agree with John W.

Now Leo M. may not have caught as big a red as we, but he's now a bait casting (reel) expert... just keep the extra rods out of his throwing direction.