Opening day was a long 13 hour grind before we decided to troll for a bit...well about 20 mins later Mike had a nice one grab the bait and the line started peeling, He jumps up grabs his rod and the reel pops off (check your terminal tackle!!) not once but twice during the battle. Needless to say the fish was well hooked and really had no chance at getting off. Thank God.
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Mike and I like to give each other the gears, really is part of the fishing experience when out with Mike. So near the end of the day he starts in with how I better step up and how he caught 2 on the first day and how it's going to be a long year for me if he keeps up this pace, you know the regular crazy talk from a crazy man.
I go home pretty excited about the MCI outing the following day as "we" caught two fish, maybe we'll catch one during the outing and get on the board. So we're at it pretty early on second day of the season, we cast some spots but as the early morning minor rolls around Mike says, "why aren't we trolling?" Good question, I immediately agree we should be trolling. 20 minutes later my rod fires, I'm short line trolling and have only like 12' of line behind the boat. I grab the rod and say, "mid 30's take your time", like I know what I'm doing or something
. Mike gets his gear in and the net ready. I've been just super slowly reeling in the fish with barely any weight at the end of the rod and no fight what-so-ever from the fish so she's right under the boat now. I give the "you ready" to Mike he's like "I'm ready" well I don't think either of us was ready. It was like a scene out of Swamp People when that head popped into view we were both like that's not a mid 30's and that's when the fish decided it was time to fight. dove under the boat, pulled her back up she took a run to the side and then brought her back and Mike tried to scoop her in and the lure gets hung up on the net, I'm yelling "scoop her, scoop her" as I look down only to see the net is also stuck on the gunnel of the boat. So I reach over grab her tail with one hand drop my rod put my other hand under her belly and flop her into the net. Textbook! LOL- IMG_20180616_095141_edit.jpg (101.63 KiB) Viewed 6904 times
Found a perfect spot for the leader board after the outing....Mike's office at work. Too much? You don't know Mike. Or me
