Newbie bags first salmon!!!

[Nippissinger]

Well I should start off by saying that I have a 15'5 starcraft with a 55 evinrude and NO trolling tackle.

A couple weeks ago I purchased a sonar unit from Kijjiji and drove up to Brantford to pick it up. There I met a nice skipper who is strictly a troller. so we traded fish stories. Me on my Nippising and Erie adventures and he on his Ontario and Quinte excursions. He showed me his rig and is he set up...Had this shallow water under 10lb capt. salivating over his equip.

Any way, he politely asks if I am interested in going out for some fresh water sharks...Well, as you can imagine my eyes lit up and my mouth dropped and I eagerly accepted. So I purchased the fishfinder and went home daydreaming the whole way..

So Thursday I check my email and there he is asking me if I was in for a sail on Sat. morning...Excitedly I accept and we meet at Oakville launch at 5;00 am this morning...

We launch and start heading SW toward the west shore. At about 100 FOW he asks me to take the wheel while he sets us up...The tension builds as we start markin' hooks and lots of them at around 130'FOW. They were ranging from 40 to the bottom....As I held course and we reached about 145FOW I glanced back and noticed at the same time as Scooter did that the starboard side dipsy diver was dancin hard....Well, as you can imagine we both yelled " FISH ON " and he was on the tailin rod like lightning. by the time I was off my seat he was handing me the rod...She put up a nice fight and was a bit of a head shaker as I cautiously persuaded her in. The stories of many being lost was ringin through my head as the line was getting closer to the boat. As the diver rose out of the water, I stepped back and smoothly guided my FIRST EVER SALMON (Coho) into the waiting net.....

Wheew!!!! What a rush... I was like a kid who justy got a new bike....I was texting my wife the good news and she said she could tell just from my texting I was excited...She was under under 10 lb my usual...LOL But she was still my FIRST catch of the year so I feel blessed and as this is just the beginning, I am looking forward to this season...

We were runnin all depths from 40' to 10' off the bottom and half plugs and half spoons. She fired on a chartruesse/black spotted spoon on a diver approx. 50' down....

As I am not up on the tackle used I apologize for the laim description....I am just a small timer who just got his feet wet in an awesome way...

tight lines y'all

Will

[Tim Bromund]

Congrats on the first..... thus starts the addiction

Tim

[Jax]

Exactly Tim,

Congrats on your first and many more to come !

Good luck with the BBD--(bigger boat disease) it will hit you hard when you least expect it.

[muskybob]

You'll never be the same. Congrats on the first and welcome to the poor house.