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Unity Lake Oregon 8-25-11. Our last day of fishing for our 2011 summer vacation.
We loaded up with Uncle Jim at 6:00 am to go fish Unity Lake. It is a small lake and from what I have heard from my Uncle Jim has good trout fishing. We loaded up his boat and headed out. Uncle Jim is legally blind and I get a little nervous with his driving the boat. He must know that lake real well because he never had any trouble. He ran the boat like a true captain of the ship.





I baited his hooks for him since he can’t see well enough to do it. I think it is a small price to pay for so much I get from him.
It didn’t take long and uncle Jim was reeling in fish. One fish right after another. Jacob and I were getting skunked and he was close to a limit. We all had the same gear!



We had a great time with Uncle Jim. I got 3 nice fish. I even lowered my standards to have my picture taken with a trash fish, I mean Trout.



We saw a ton of wildlife around the lake.



The afternoon turned into early evening and soon we had to leave. Jacob never got a single bite. One very interesting thing happened. As we were trolling uncle Jim got a fish and I mean a BIG FISH. He stopped the boat and started to reel. All of a sudden the fish just broke his 30 pound line and was gone he said he had his drag set to heavy. As the boat was sitting there I got a HUGE hit and the fish took my gear. It broke a snap swivel. A brand new snap swivel. We had a big laugh about that because my Aunt Iona would never believe us.
We headed home and my Aunt had a HUGE dinner ready for us. Turkey, corn on the cob, Garden picked Green beans, mashed potatoes, and sliced tomatoes from the garden. We finished it off with a slice of her Home made lemon meringue pie.

We were planning on one more day of fishing for the week. We just ran out of energy before we ran out of time. We were going to float from The Boise River to Nyssa Oregon. It was not going to happen this trip. We spent the day Friday getting ready to go home. My Aunt canned the trout for us to take home. She also picked us some tomatoes, and cantaloupe for us to take home. We had an amazing week of fishing and spending time with our family. I don’t remember a vacation I enjoyed any more than this one. The Highlights of the trip were the HUGE fish I hooked on to on day one but lost. The shear number of catfish in the Snake River. The “white water” trip that turned out to be an absolute BLAST, and BIG the cats that were on that stretch of the river. And last but not least fishing with Uncle Jim.
As I sit here enjoying the pictures and remembering the trip. I am thankful to my Family in Nampa for helping me with this trip. I could not have done it without them. I also have to thank Phil (smartweed) again for his help. It was a trip I have wanted to do for two years. I can’t wait to do this one again. Ron
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good one ! man that dinner sounds so good....
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She fixed us meat loaf one night with Green beans cooked with bacon in it. Tomatoes, red potatoes, and a Lemon pie. I had to leave or I was going to get extra fat. Ron
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Ron, It sounds like you had a great vacation. I'm sure glad that I could contribute in a small way and that the area worked out for you, Jacob and the catfish. It sounds like you had a nice trip with your uncle. I wonder what you got into that broke you snap and your uncle's line. The only downer for me was that I missed you on the river.
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Super vaca Ron! Thanks for all the pics and vids and for taking us along!!!
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Great adventure for you and your son, and that you got to spend part of the time with your uncle. Memories of this trip should keep you all warm for a long time. Some great fish too!
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Very nice report and sounds like whole the trip was a good adventure. Nice to hear a report on Unity as well. Thanks for your write up! I guess it is also important for us pursuers of trout to know that we are actually "trash fish" fishermen.....Lol
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I was just kidding the trout lovers[sly]. Cats get a bad name in some places as being "trash" fish. Ron
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I'm surprised you didn't go after the Smallies at Unity. I wouldn't be surprised if the the ones that broke your line weren't Smallies. The people around there think that the next record Smallie is going to be caught there.

Super great trip!!!

Here's a couple of pics from two years ago. One is a 4 plus and a couple of 2 plusers and the fishing was extremely slow cause they had just dumped a couple of million minnows in it.
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My uncle said there were HOG small mouth there. I guess my Aunt got a 5 pound one there once. I need to take my pontoon back and try that place again. Ron
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Another excellent post. I reread it to the wife who enjoys your posts as much as myself.
Thanks Idahoron
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