Mothers day at Willard

[thatchergreg]

This morning had the feel of a great day on the water, 34 degrees with a light breeze, and it was Mothers day. Everything was lined up for good fishing, no bugs, and no skiers/surfers. Arriving at the North marina at 7:00 am revealed an empty parking lot........perfect.

I stopped at Anglers Den Saturday and bought a 9.5 ft Fenwick spinning rod and Penn reel so the first order of business was to break it in. After a couple hit and drops this cat held on long enough to pose for a photo.

It turned out to be my personal best solo day with 15 cats netted in 3 hrs. The fish must have sensed that they were loosing the fight and tried the tag-team approach because I had 4 doubles, which included the big fish of the day at 25+ inches and 6 lbs.

Everything was caught on my flat sided fligs in Shad and Rainbow trout patterns, tipped with sucker.

Since it was Mothers day and I can't gender identify a catfish, all kitty's were released to make more fish.

[Mooseman75]

That reel looks like a spinfisher is it? I can't remember the other one it may be? Nonetheless it looks like a nice rod and reel combo. I bought 2 Penn reels last summer and love them. And boy did you get to break it in lol....nice going

[jjannie]

Glad that you made it out ahead of tomorrow's possible rainy weather. Nice catches are great way to break in the new gear.

[doitall5000]

We're you just casting in open water, or working the dike, that's a small light lure.
Did you see other boats arrive and fish, must of been others show up later.

[thatchergreg]

Mooseman,
Its a Battle 3. I have 3 Penn spinning reels and really like all of them.

Doitall,
I was trolling them on a Lindy rig. When I left at 10:00 there was about a dozen rigs in the parking lot.

[doitall5000]

Sounds right, nice to see the bite is getting better, and several techniques are starting to work.