On Friday, April 24th Jay and I ran the boat West to Wilson.  What a relief to finally be there!  It took us about 5 hours to get there but the boat ran great and we didn't encounter much floating debris at all.  The new autopilot worked great and was a big help with keeping us on course.  Jay and I met my Dad down there and got the boat settled into it's new home for the next 5 weeks:







After a quick bite to eat at the marina, we went out for a quick evening troll.  We set up in 40 FOW straight out front and trolled out to 225FOW then pulled lines and headed back in. We picked up a Laker on a SS Green Goby spoon down 80' over 120FOW and that was it for any action. So we've already caught as many Lakers as we caught all of last season!  We started to mark some fish 100-150' down out over 200-225FOW but it was getting dark so we decided to pull lines and come in. Inside 200FOW the screen was pretty blank.




We're not much for Lake Trout fishing, but it was good to see a rod fire and to get some fish slime on the deck!  I'm sure we'll be catching our share of them in the coming weeks since the Bar is probably to best place on the Lake to find them.  Lake Trout or not, it sure feels good to have the boat moved and ready for the season to start.  We'll be out for something like 15 days in May, so keep an eye out for our reports.

Until Next Time,
Fish On!!

~Capt. Bill