11-09-2016, 12:05 AM
KentofNSL invited me along to Pineview today. We had intended to target crappie, but the little blighters had apparently all gone to the polls today. So we caught perch. Kent, being the boat owner, was allowed to catch the most and biggest. I kept my place (in the back of the boat) and magnanimously caught all the small ones.
Just to prove he's not a braggart, here are his two largest perch:
And just to prove to me that he could, he even landed a double.
Some of the smaller ones could not return to the depths, and were enjoyed by the seagulls - until an immature eagle came by and claimed his share, whereupon the gulls found employment elsewhere, in haste. The eagle came and went before I could get my camera out, unfortunately.
It was a gorgeous day, with water temp 53° and the air going from the upper 30s to almost 50° when we left. And we saw not one political ad the whole day. Success!
Almost forgot: we were not the only crazy bastids. There was a whacknut waterskier out there. Honest.
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Just to prove he's not a braggart, here are his two largest perch:
And just to prove to me that he could, he even landed a double.
Some of the smaller ones could not return to the depths, and were enjoyed by the seagulls - until an immature eagle came by and claimed his share, whereupon the gulls found employment elsewhere, in haste. The eagle came and went before I could get my camera out, unfortunately.
It was a gorgeous day, with water temp 53° and the air going from the upper 30s to almost 50° when we left. And we saw not one political ad the whole day. Success!
Almost forgot: we were not the only crazy bastids. There was a whacknut waterskier out there. Honest.
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