I was a good boy yesterday, stayed home and did chores. It figures, today we have some wonderful weather coming through, my favourite!
I thought Id hit the river even for a few hours, and it was definitely keep an eye on the sky kinda morning.
I started with a couple suckers, then the wind blew in from the big cell to the north of me and had a light bite I could barely pick out with the rod dancing in the wind. Give it the old heave ho and hooked up with a nice 35 inch dino, the whitecaps really stir up their food on the bottom and I usually have decent luck when its howling hard.
A second light bite, maybe a quarter the yank the suckers were hitting with. Reeled it in and had a nice little guy about 30 inches.
Couple more suckers, lots of goldeye bites, then the wind kicked up again and I dropped my bait just about where my chair usually resides after runoff on the gravel bar. This time it was a bit of a harder bite, still not very exciting, until I set the hook
Had a few long heavy runs, got it to shore and in my hand, and when I went to unhook her she took exception and zipped back out into the current. Im glad I had left my reel bail open , I hate swimming in cold runoff rivers!
Finally got her(it) to shore again and got the hook out. 53 inches of muscle, damn I love fishing! caught my first clam of the season too, they dont give a lot of indication when they bite!
The rain clouds were almost at me and I had a long walk to the truck so I packed up and headed home. another day, even the huge distant storm clouds were beauty today! third pic is a still of my rig, for those who dont watch vids.