Splashdown

[on the lam]

Finally dumped the boat and was able to get a shakedown in on thurs. After loading the gear and getting the electronics up and running it was time to wet a rod. All things seemed to work fine until I heard a strange noise below deck. Found out later an air pressure canister that apparently pressurizes the water system on board exploded Except for plastic and water all over the place it wasn't that bad. I later bypassed the thing and everything worked fine.

I then managed to do some browns and an atlantic, mostly on 50' copper and 2 color core with various alewife patterns, chicken wing, stinger copper goby. The same pattern seemed to do well most of the weekend. I fished with Jim (double J) and Frank (Home Office) a couple days and had a great time, we managed more than 30 browns over the long weekend, and also dropped a bunch. Most were cookie cutters, a couple decent fish, and a bonus drop back hen steelie. We fished east of the harbor or in the harbor itself. Nice to finally get going BTW, all fished we released except for one brown, and all of the fish were in great shape, fat and clean, very few lampreys

Hen

Jim

Frank

10#

[muskybob]

Nice goin Pete. Congrats!!!

[HomeOffice]

Next time Pete take Patty with you, You won't drop any!! Hope all goes well with your wife. Just think soon you'll can add another 2 poles.

[dieselhp]

Nice !! have a good season

[skipper19]

Great lookin fish Pete Good job

Mark