Rub-A-Dub-Dub...Willard 9-20-24

[Freakyfisherman]

Pat,

“The bigger they are, the harder they fall”.
Us bigger guys can get pretty busted up when we go down.
I bet you are feeling if today?
Got my boat prepped for Perch Jerkin yesterday.
Downriggers off, Salmon poles out of the box, and my two favorite Perch poles ready to dance.
I hope you recover quickly!

Shane

Thanks...for the sympathy and well wishes.  No real damage on the "controlled crash".  A skinned spot on the back of one hand...from the reels...and a sore knee from a one-point landing.  But I've had worse.  

I'm codgertatin' about tubing Deer Creek next week and then focusing on the "yellow tigers" of Willard the remainder of the year.   Would be glad to join you in your boat for a personal intro to some of those bigguns.  No downriggers needed but your spotlock can come in handy.

Pat,
I was just on Deer creek last Saturday. Water temp was 65 and lots of random spots of floating algae and even some areas of the algae sheen. Despite throwing all my usual techniques, all I could get to bite were the slimy rainbow trout. I was in a boat with a friend of mine. We tried many different areas of the lake with many different depths. I caught small planter rainbows and a couple of those bigger bows. I think Deer creek is in the early stages of the turnover. 
Gabe