Thread: I made it out today

After not being on the water for the past few days, I made it out this morning. I got a late start but was still on the water by 7am. It was cool and a slight breeze out of the north. The lake was calm and there were two boats at the ramp when I pulled in.

I launched and went to start the motor. Nada , nothing. I checked the lights. Nope , no power. I check the trolling motor ( separate battery ). It was fully charged. I looked out in the lake and saw the boats clustered just a 1000 ft off shore. I dropped the trolling motor and headed out.

As I trolled out, I set the rods. There were only two boats out by the sign. I was planning on falling in behind them as they circled the sign.

It was slow going for me this morning. The first few fish were throw backs but then I landed one that was of keeper size. Not large but still a good size fish. I put him in the box.

I stayed close to the sign and in sight of the ramp all morning. The rods didn't go off often, but they were going off. More throw backs than keepers. I wanted to get at least three keepers to round off the bag of fish I was donating to the slab fest. I looked at the counter, I had 4 keepers in the box.

I looked around and was surprised by all the boats around . There were at least 10 boats close by that I counted. I'm lucky if I get to see 2 or 3 boats out there during the week.

The wind slowed down and so did the bite. I headed in. It was a cool morning, overcast, and calm. The rods bent and I added fish to the box. It was time to go home and check out why my battery went dead.

Good day, bad battery. Good luck getting her fixed up again. Thanks for sharing. Great read too, with a pic I woulda put it on the home page. just sayin'