Slow and Steady Wins the Race

Saturday morning, Again, we got up early, but this time we met Aaron's Dad Jim at the Clark airport. He flew up for the morning fish, and we headed right back down to Dry #2. We were hoping for more of the big perch today and we, (Aaron), was able to find a couple of porkers. We struggled to catch any of the decent sized walleye like the day before, but we were catching a few here and there. We fished the morning bite on Dry #2, and ended the morning with a few great perch and one decent walleye.

For the afternoon outing, we chose to give Indian Springs a shot, and tried our drifting out there. A lot of little bites without a hook-up was starting to get Aaron frustrated, but a couple of perch finally found their way into the boat. Drifting a hump we found in the middle of nowhere, Aaron was able to hook into a good pike!

It was great to see that some pike are still in there, but I had yet to hook one while fishing with Aaron (I would later amend that issue, but it was nothing I felt needed a pic).

We picked Rachel up shortly after catching the pike, and drifted some more with the Mrs. aboard. It did not take too long and Rachel boated the best walleye of the trip thus far, at 19.5". I always love taking her along!!!

It was almost a full 12 hours on the water before I managed a fish that was worthy of the livewell, and a 13" perch would satisfy anyone!
With the rest of the group making their way to Watertown, we decided to call it an evening and head back. Except for one issue..........

No gas.

Thanks to the waning winds, and a beefy trolling motor, we tooled our way back to the boat ramp, trolling our way back to no avail, but a great evening nevertheless.

Yet another fantastic day on the water! Glad the Mrs. joined us for the afternoon trip, and as Aaron put it, "Thanks Rachel, we needed a better picture fish!"

Sunday Morning I stayed home sleeping in, and taking multiple naps, while Aaron and his family slaughtered them on Dry #2 with Aaron's wife Amanda hooking a slob of a waldo towards the end of their day.

They ended their day with the best catches of their trip, and put a ton of fish in the freezer!!!

 It is always great to have friends up to visit us, and it always feels good to put them on fish when they do visit. It's trips like these that keep them coming back for more, and more often.



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