I haven't been out in a while on the water due to a wedding in Boston and family things going on, but I did manage to convince my wife, 6 months pregnant, to come out for a quick laker trip on the way to my parents cottage, and am I ever glad she said yes.
I gave her two options of which spoon she could use and she chose the perch colored one, pic to follow one of these days. I got the rods in the rod holders and lines on the downriggers and we began our trolling. We were down roughly 55 feet over about 90 feet of water and coming up and onto a flat and working the edge. We trolled around for about 2 hours when she says her rod was doing something funny. I lept out of my seat and grabbed the rod to make sure the line had unclipped; it had and it was big.
I handed her the rod and the battle began. I pulled up my line and cleared the riggers so she had room to move. It took a while but she finally surfaced and slid into the net. My wife was exhausted but it was landed. Needless to say, bigger than any laker I have caught and she was pretty proud. Now the only debate is whether I have a replica made, I'm thinking I might and give it to her as a "push present" for when #2 decides to come out! Enjoy the pics!
I gave her two options of which spoon she could use and she chose the perch colored one, pic to follow one of these days. I got the rods in the rod holders and lines on the downriggers and we began our trolling. We were down roughly 55 feet over about 90 feet of water and coming up and onto a flat and working the edge. We trolled around for about 2 hours when she says her rod was doing something funny. I lept out of my seat and grabbed the rod to make sure the line had unclipped; it had and it was big.
I handed her the rod and the battle began. I pulled up my line and cleared the riggers so she had room to move. It took a while but she finally surfaced and slid into the net. My wife was exhausted but it was landed. Needless to say, bigger than any laker I have caught and she was pretty proud. Now the only debate is whether I have a replica made, I'm thinking I might and give it to her as a "push present" for when #2 decides to come out! Enjoy the pics!