An Evening of Firsts

[Daryk Campbell Sr]

A few evenings ago, I took my new to me Gheenoe on its maiden voyage.   My two younger kids and I tested the vessel.   Powered by a trolling motor and old deep cycle battery we went upstream.   We made it through very shallow water,  and I was very pleased with the boat.   We went until we were stopped by the shallow water and it just would not float, gravelly rocks were poking out, pretty shallow.   We walked past the riffle,  and found a large deep hole.  No fishing equipment, but found some fishing litter, and trash,  so we knew it must be a spot.   We cleaned up,  and decided that we would rerurn.   

 

Tonight we returned.   There is an area to walk in to this spot so we did that.  We used the Ned Rig.  My 10 year old caught the first one, 12 inch spot.  I caught the second one, my first Walter.  I really was not sure what it was.   Strange marking, snake like mouth.  But the iridescent eye was my first clue. It was only 11 inches, would have thrown it back even if it was 18 inches.   I casted 3 or 4 more times and had a hit, set the hook, nothing.  Watched the line for a second,  and it was moving,  pulled up and had a fish.  Reeled in my first small brown fish. He was also 11 inches.   Nothing for the last half hour.   The sun started setting and the Temps fell quickly.   I can't wait to go in the spring.   

[Quillback]

Glad to hear you had a good time.