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My day started early 3:30am to be exact. By 4:30, my grandfather (Thorahguy), brother, and I were on the road to St. Catharines. We did what fishermen do and talked about the weather, and lures, and tales of fish caught and lost. It was Just past six when we procured our final hortons for the day and the final approach to the marina. Werner (longshank) and Steve (couldn't remember if he's a member sorry Steve), were busy readying the boat. The morning was overcast, cold and windy. Our competent guide and his first mate added lines and changed presentations to keep the fish interested as conditions changed. As the day progressed the sun came out and so did the flies. despite eating more than a few it was something I would do again in a heart-beat. The first fish were landed before 8:30 and after 5 hours of hard fishing we had landed 11 of 14 fish. The largest being 13lbs. All chinook except for one smallish lake trout we kept for the smoker. I now have a freezer full of salmon waiting for the bbq/smoker/over/campfire. Friends and family have already been offered and given fillets. Now its time to have a drink and fondly think over this trip and look forward to the next one. Thank Again to Werner and Steve you guys made it all happen.
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I was looking forward to this outing for a full year and it was surely worth the wait
with the crappy weather for most of this spring it was great that we hit a fairly smooth day on the lake and found some fish as well. they were not easy to take as we marked very few, but action was pretty steady until 10.15 when we hit a complete shutdown as the sun broke through for a while.
20 lure changes later we started popping the odd one here and there with lead core off the boards doing best, then dipseys. As t warmed up and wind died down countless flies swarmed the boat, and they stayed
we didn't hit any big fish today, but a new wave of year class seemed to have moved in, but they still hit hard, fight well and are great eater size
Today, my 3 criteria for a perfect outing were met
good weather good fishing great company It just doesn't get any better
I was/am so happy for Gord seeing that big smile on his face and Adam and Andy for some good laughs
I am already looking forward to the next one
special thanks to Steve for helping out today you are good my friend
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Thanks for the comments guys. Most has already been said. I would be totally delinquent if I didn’t add my personal thoughts. Yes, conditions were not ideal, but were better than they had been for a lot of the spring. They were also changing and, as has been said, very few fish were being marked. To get us 14 hookups under such conditions is testament to the talent and skill involved. Shank is very, very good at what he does. And let’s not forget the contributions made by Steve, his helper on this trip. A high five and a hearty well done guys. I had asked Adam to name this part two. Part one was last year. Some of you may remember the report on it. The mission that time was to get the boys into some bigger fish, species unimportant. That mission was a complete success, a number of respectable Lakers landed. This year the mission objective was to get the boys some Salmon. The results speak for themselves, a complete success as well. Thank you again Shank and Steve for getting the boys some Spring Silver and helping me, the old guy on the team, land a couple as well.
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