Willard 4-15

[2knots]

Took my neighbor and his son down to the lake arriving around 8:30 hoping the water would warm a bit more then the it had been yesterday based on some intel I received. There were probably 15-17 rigs in the north marina lot when we launched. Headed down to the Freeway area and worked a lot of 46 degree water with not much showing on the sonar, around 10:30 we got our 1st hit and netted a 13 1/2” perch for Dave, caught on one of Pat’s pink fligs. A bit later the same rod goes off and Mason’s nice cat is netted and released. Then the chartreuse flig gets hit but we don’t see it, I had turned around to go back to the area we had gotten the bites and I see the line under the motor, pull the rod out and the line is caught in the prop. Well after a few minutes trying to get it unhooked we realize there’s a fish on it that finally made it to the net for cat # 2. Got the gear back in the water and the white flig gets hammmered, Mason grabs the rod and Dave is videoing the fight and I notice his rod gets slammed, landed both cats. Last cat and fish for the day was on the pink again and Dave and Mason decided that one was going home. Fun day with great weather and company, getting them both there 1st fish out of an boat on Willard. Water temp got up to 52 when we left at 2. Biggest cat was 22.5”s