August 10 night report

[Tony Scime]

Went out last night 8:30 to midnight. Beautiful night. A few other boats were out. My plan was to stick to UN2 until I caught a fish, because my night forays have not been successful. Shortly after 9 I think I heard Carl on the radio saying that he or Scott Kitchen just released a 43 incher. I was trolling straight upstream below Frenchman's and swept my rod forward a couple times, the second time a fish hit. It was a nice, thick 42 incher. Caught on my gold Tonylure. Fish was hooked deep and had to work a bit to cut the hooks and release it. Very clean fish and it swam slowly away after a minute or two.

Fished til midnight without another nibble.

At least I got the night fish monkey off my back. Now I need to catch two fish on one trip. And I still need to catch a post-8:00am daylight fish.

I guess I'll just have to keep trying.

Tony

[Stephen Glassic]

It makes me wonder how often, when trolling, a fish just follows without striking and you just need to give it a little incentive like that.

[carl schenk]

your hearing was correct. I had a 43'' hit my butter lure while Scott was making a turn. I was inside rod and the lure almost came to a stop, when it started to move again the fish slammed it.  3 nights, 3 fish, loving the full moon.  glad you got that monkey off.  time for Scott K to get a bit of karma too..out again tonight...

[1o8js667r5pue]

I went out last night with my buddy Nate from 630-11pm We fished un1 and 2 with no action. Saturday morning Scott kitchen and I fished un2 from 630-1230pm and the only action was I had a fish on for long enough to see it was actually a musky. Fishing 14-23fow with a fly is a totally new experience but it seemed to pay off. I was hesitant to get right on the bottom for fear of the zebra muscles tearing up my fly line but I did get snagged once in the triangle so I was getting down. Looking forward to getting the night cherry popped.

[Tony Scime]

I used to work the rod all the time. Definitely triggers strikes. Now I only work it once in a while. Too much wear and tear on the shoulder.

[Scott McKee]

My plan last night was to start at Staley's and work my way back to UN3.  I was happy with my plan.  I was confident my plan would result in a fish or two for Carrie and I.  Mentally I had my trolling runs all laid out neatly.  I would hit deep and shallow water spots.  I knew what lures I would pull and how many feet back I would pull them.  All this is true until I looked at my gas gauge.  I thought I had a big quarter which would have been fine to complete my plan.  What I forgot is Brobeil had taken my boat for a test drive after the repairs on my motors.  I've written this a bunch of times, but it is always true; my stupidity is boundless.

With that in mind, I am going to fill my tank until gas splashes me in the face this afternoon.  At this point I'll probably take up smoking...

[Scott McKee]

Do the MacSwan whacky turns.  Jon looked liked he was distracted while looking for something really important on the floor of his boat zigzagging around speeding up and slowing down lures.

[thomas reinhardt]

The hot hand continues, nice one.  
Butterball gonna get a hog, my new bread and butter gonna get a lunker.  ps nice night Lar, hope to see you out there tonight.  Might have to fish in a little lightning before the front comes in around midnight.