Every once in a great while, things work out the way you hope they would. Kelly Ford had been trying to schedule a trip since March and we postponed it four times due to weather. Today he and his Dad, Lee, and Uncle Mike finally got their day on the water and it was worth the wait.
Lee put the pressure on them early with this nice trout!
There was very little wind at daylight, but we had no tide and the birds did not do us any favors. We quit them with only five solid trout and a slot red in the box around 7:30. We then ran to the flats on the north end and started drifting Assassins in 4 to 5 feet of water. The south wind ran us off around 11:00, but we already had a great box of trout. Both Mike and Lee had trout that pushed five pounds and I have no idea how many more fish we missed or caught and released.
They were ready to call it a day when I suggested we fight the wind and go make one more drift. After Mike caught two nice trout in a hurry, one drift turned into two. I was tying stuff down for the ride in as Kelly was reeling in our last cast of the day. The largest speck he had ever caught ambushed his Assassin and the unexpected battle was on. I finally slid the net under her and Kelly's patience was duly rewarded. It was one more beautiful fish and well deserved.
Kelly caught his best trout ever on the last cast of the day!
I hope this south wind will die tonight as it really made it tough most of the day. We still caught fish in the wind, but it was non-stop action while the wind was light. We ran across all of the flats up on the north end of the lake on the way back and they were silting up, but they should settle out if the wind will lay down.
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