Today the guys from Krenzer Marine towed the boat down to Wilson for us.  We met them at the Wilson Boatyard at about 11:30am and then drove over to Tuscarora State Park, where we launched the boat.  The boat  trailered really well (the guys at Krenzers do a great job with that!), and all we had to do once she was in the water was put the nets and antennas up and start the engines.  Jay and I were anxious to start fishing so we headed right out front and set up in about 50FOW.  There was a ton of color in the water - chocolate brown on the shore, coffee colored water just outside that, and some brownish green outside that.  We set up in the greenish water and within 5 minutes had our first two fish in the boat, both Lake Trout.  Late April/early May in Wilson is often a lake trout fishery, and this whole weekend was no exception.  Jay and I ran a simple 4 rod program - two riggers and two divers, but at times we swapped out one diver to run the new Daiwa Tanacom Bull 1000 copper reel, which we have filled with Blood Run Super Copper.  What a great setup!

We took fish on riggers from 20-50' down pulling spoons - the NK Glow Frog and Die Hard were both hot for us.  We also took fish on divers on a 2.5 setting out 120-150' pulling Spin Dr./fly combos.  Our best combo was the new Siggs Rigs Gangster behind an 8" Green Spin Dr.  Like I mentioned earlier, most of the fish that we took were Lakers, but we also managed a King, and Atlantic, and a Coho today as well.  It sure felt great to see that first silver fish come to the boat!