With a forecast of wet weather I was glad when @troutpocket decided a boat day was in order.
We started out covering water and hooked a lot of fish but we both had some LDR issues. Me more then Rod:
It was not a good streamer bite day and as the day went on even our troll bite died. On one pass we spotted two deer way up in the cliffs:
How they got up there was difficult to figure out.
In despiration and with only a few fish to hand we anchored and tried a spot with no luck. It was looking like it was going to be one of those days when Rod positioned us in another spot with a bucket he liked. He set up for deep chironomids and started putting the smack down on them.
It didn't take me long to follow suit but I rarely fish a deep indicator so I didn't have the most confidence at first.
The first strike I had was savage and almost stole my rod after I lazily set it down. The rod might have been in the air when I grabbed it. It was that close. OK this is fun
Rod with another good one: 
The fish fought excellent and all had thick shoulders:
Gee I wonder what we should use
Towards the end of the day we had close company on an otherwise empty lake. Always blows my mind when people roll up within casting range and don't say a word. A simple how is it going and mind if we fish here can go a long ways and is basic lake courtesy...
My fish of the day:
Thanks for the good company Rod and the lesson on the deep chironomid game
We sure have had a lot of mixed weather lately:
Billy
We started out covering water and hooked a lot of fish but we both had some LDR issues. Me more then Rod:
It was not a good streamer bite day and as the day went on even our troll bite died. On one pass we spotted two deer way up in the cliffs:How they got up there was difficult to figure out.In despiration and with only a few fish to hand we anchored and tried a spot with no luck. It was looking like it was going to be one of those days when Rod positioned us in another spot with a bucket he liked. He set up for deep chironomids and started putting the smack down on them.
It didn't take me long to follow suit but I rarely fish a deep indicator so I didn't have the most confidence at first.The first strike I had was savage and almost stole my rod after I lazily set it down. The rod might have been in the air when I grabbed it. It was that close. OK this is fun
Rod with another good one: The fish fought excellent and all had thick shoulders:Gee I wonder what we should useTowards the end of the day we had close company on an otherwise empty lake. Always blows my mind when people roll up within casting range and don't say a word. A simple how is it going and mind if we fish here can go a long ways and is basic lake courtesy...My fish of the day:Thanks for the good company Rod and the lesson on the deep chironomid gameWe sure have had a lot of mixed weather lately:
Billy
