Arrived at the marina at 6:00 am to find all the hatches and storage compartments frozen shut with 1/4 inch of ice
I keep a 5 gallon bucket onboard so I proceed to dump buckets of water from bow to stern. Dang I need to start wearing boots rather than tennis shoes.
Had the "A" team as hos today, Drichitt (Don) and Stinkbait (Jim). It was a real pleasure having some experienced fishermen aboard today.
It was a chilly morning, but it doesn't get a whole lot better than this.........
Ran past Thomas Point and began setting lines. Here's a picture of Don deploying a planer board just as the sun came peeking over the horizon.......
After setting the lines we picked up two quick fish on the first pass across the channel.............a 32+/- inch fish and my first under this fall season around 23 inches. I run all 9 inch shads so I was suprised that this little guy was so hungry. We had about an hour dry spell when Marty (5th Tuition) and Alan (Justchillin) called and reported a good bite south of us. We made our way to them and picked up 2 more overs and 2 more unders (couldn't beleive it...25+/- and 27+/- inch). Pulled lines at 11:45 and headed for port.
Thanks for a fun day guys............................Mark
PS.................sorry but I was slackin in the picture taking dept today. Maybe Jim will add a few