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We had some bright spots and some not so bright spots. We caught Lakers fishing with smelt. I lost a beast 15 lbs plus thanks to not paying attention when threading on my smelt.we had anchor problems in the 63 fow and motor problems on idle and starting up. And even got caught in a thunder storm and had to call it day. The good news is I fished in a boat for 2 days ist time in 2 years. The real good news is I hooked into a smelt jigging stick relic and a broken one with sinkers and hooks attached. Ended the rotary with a very fine lunch brought down by Justin a friend.

Can’t tell you how happy it makes me to hear you got On the pond for the derby Matt! Thanks for the report and pics... sounds like your crew had a fun time..

Reelax wrote: ↑Mon Jun 07, 2021 5:55 pm Can’t tell you how happy it makes me to hear you got On the pond for the derby Matt! Thanks for the report and pics... sounds like your crew had a fun time..

thank you matt felt good to be able to fish in a boat again after 2 years of not. the boat had a front deck and i only needed to step over about 6 inches while scott held the boat still. come on lci fathers day derby with fishy2.

Sounds like you had a great time, Matt! Congrats. That laker you're holding looks pretty big. What did it weigh?

Glad you were able to boat fish, too, Matt. That's great news!

So what do you and fishy 2 have for a plan for the LCI ? The Farm ?

Crayfish wrote: ↑Tue Jun 08, 2021 8:04 am Sounds like you had a great time, Matt! Congrats. That laker you're holding looks pretty big. What did it weigh?

Glad you were able to boat fish, too, Matt. That's great news!

Crayfish wrote: ↑Tue Jun 08, 2021 8:04 am Sounds like you had a great time, Matt! Congrats. That laker you're holding looks pretty big. What did it weigh?

Glad you were able to boat fish, too, Matt. That's great news!

We guessed 10 lbs don't really know 29 inches. Sure was good to get back in a boat.

Sawyer wrote: ↑Tue Jun 08, 2021 4:00 pm So what do you and fishy 2 have for a plan for the LCI ? The Farm ?

Yes

Fantastic!

That first picture says it all!

Always amazing Matt. Best of luck in the LCI w/Fishy2

raz wrote: ↑Wed Jun 09, 2021 10:24 am Always amazing Matt. Best of luck in the LCI w/Fishy2

Thank you Gerry

We had some bright spots and some not so bright spots. We caught Lakers fishing with smelt. I lost a beast 15 lbs plus thanks to not paying attention when threading on my smelt.we had anchor problems in the 63 fow and motor problems on idle and starting up. And even got caught in a thunder storm and had to call it day. The good news is I fished in a boat for 2 days ist time in 2 years. The real good news is I hooked into a smelt jigging stick relic and a broken one with sinkers and hooks attached. Ended the rotary with a very fine lunch brought down by Justin a friend.

I can't tell you how many hours I spend off of the water trying to avoid those "not so bright spots" with the mechanical portions of the fishing program. Espescially with kids on board. Lots of guys like me are running other guy's old stuff they don't want to mess with anymore. But it's all part of it isn't it. Glad you got out on the water Fishy1, there's nothing quite like it.

Detritus wrote: ↑Wed Jun 09, 2021 10:43 pm

We had some bright spots and some not so bright spots. We caught Lakers fishing with smelt. I lost a beast 15 lbs plus thanks to not paying attention when threading on my smelt.we had anchor problems in the 63 fow and motor problems on idle and starting up. And even got caught in a thunder storm and had to call it day. The good news is I fished in a boat for 2 days ist time in 2 years. The real good news is I hooked into a smelt jigging stick relic and a broken one with sinkers and hooks attached. Ended the rotary with a very fine lunch brought down by Justin a friend.

I can't tell you how many hours I spend off of the water trying to avoid those "not so bright spots" with the mechanical portions of the fishing program. Espescially with kids on board. Lots of guys like me are running other guy's old stuff they don't want to mess with anymore. But it's all part of it isn't it. Glad you got out on the water Fishy1, there's nothing quite like it.

thanks jack been looking for you at ypu at my summer spot

So glad you got back on a boat Matt. Nice pics. Good luck in your next derby.

Gecha (Gerry) wrote: ↑Sun Jun 13, 2021 12:28 pm So glad you got back on a boat Matt. Nice pics. Good luck in your next derby.

Thank you Gerry been scouting for the lci catching some nice fish but water is warming to much And very shallow looks like I'll be fishing in a boat off and on when it's not to sunny.