Pacemaker Fishing Forum

George and I were able to meet up last Thursday for a float. Of course it had to be the day of 55° and some wind and rain when it was literally 80° the day before and then the day after. But you fish when you can and don't complain

We met up a little later than normal to accommodate my schedule but quickly loaded stuff up in my vehicle and went up to the starting point. George did start off pretty quick. Having a couple on the fluke, including a nice little blow up that I heard and didn't see. Floated through a few good areas that should have yielded a few fish but just couldn't get any to hit. I was throwing a suspending jerkbait, swimbait, small little crankbait, and an old WinCo cold water delight.  George was throwing the fluke in a swimbait I believe

About halfway through the float, I ended up switching over to the reliable Ned rig with the purple color that usually produces. Managed to pick a small one up as we floated around the back side of an island trying to beat The wind. As we made it past the island I noticed my kayak was feeling a whole lot more tippy than it should and can feel some water inside of it. So I pulled off on a little brush Island, opened up the drain plug in the back and dumped a whole lot of water out of it.  Turns out early on in the trip I had opened up my small little center hatch to grab a snack and didn't seal it properly. So some wind and water from going through a few small rapids had went down inside.  Good news is there was no holes and it was simply just user error of not sealing a hatch properly.

Would have reach the end of the float. George had six or seven fish all between 13 and about 15 in. I believe. He did lose a big one he caught a glimpse of unfortunately. I ended up with five on the Ned rig all in that same size range. I did feel something with some weight briefly with the crankbait but it didn't stick.

It wasn't the best day but we caught fish and had a good time and I wasn't working. Of course we all know George never has that last problem ??