July 18th Strawberry

[N.E.T.O.]

It was really a good trip! There was really no wind at all during the whole day. There were more recreational type boaters out there than I can ever remember seeing. Families out swimming and pulling tubes, etc. The water temp is in the higher 70's in some parts of the lake. Kent and I started pretty early and stayed most of the day. It was extremely relaxing to me! Funny how although we tried to "take turns" catching the fish, we found that we would each go in streaks of a few fish. Kent caught the only two Rainbows of the day, with the very first fish of the day being one of those. We caught a few Cutts that were pushing 22", but none were over that mark that I noticed. This was also kind of test-drive for the boat as we had just done some fiberglass repair on Kent's boat (damage from the storm while Sturgeon fishing) and wanted to see how it held up. Happy to see at the end of the day that not even one drop of water came out when we removed the plugs! Not bad for a couple of fiberglass rookies.
Thanks again Kent for an excellent trip!
Randy
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