Milwaukee 6/21

[jimcr]

Spent a lot of time Sunday for little to show ,2 fish ,so I decided to go out again on Monday. My son Nick is getting a little tired being in the boat so he was lets say stubborn to go out , with a little prodding he went. left the launch at 7:10 pm going to be a short night. Ran out to 75 ft set lines on east troll until we hit 82 feet and turned NE , not 5 min and the 5 color starts screaming , Nick picked up a nice 12lb king, now I'm behind the 8 ball its my turn and just get his in and 7color goes off. well still behind the 8 ball with a 3lb Coho pulled in rigger line get it untangled and let go of the line to put it back in and the rigger goes off , No way it can't be , well half way back to the boat the fish let go . Get all lines back in and the alarm goes off on the radio, Some nasty storms are blowing up and its looking pretty dark to the west. turn the boat west and tell my son that we should head in in 15 minutes. waited only about 10 decided to pull lines now . Didn't want to be caught out in a storm. Started to pull the 7 color in and 5 color just starts screaming , oh crap set down the 7 and grab the 5 . I have never thought I would get spooled on my big lake rods but it came awe full close . I may have had only 125 feet left on the real .as I looking at my large bobber (planer board ) approaching the horizon the same rigger goes off. and my son is struggling to get it out of the rod holder. As I gain line and control of the fish I have on , the one my son has skys 20 ft off the back of the boat. mayhem you bet we now have no driver both of us with big fish on Nick decides to let the fish off with a warning. (let him get off). and starts pulling rods as I battle it out with this bruiser. Boated a real fat 16lb female on a white glow spin DR and with white glow fly. Nick gets in one rod in the mean time only 2 more lead core and 1 rigger rod to go and we really have to go!!! I don't know what made my arms hurt so much, the fish or setting a new record pulling lines. Made it back into the harbor after 1/2 way back putting on life jackets, and racing back at a whopping 25mph. Not getting wet either . Next time not waiting even 5 minutes to pull lines ,fish or not its not worth it. Ended up 3 for 5 and 30lbs + in the box. What a night ,while cleaning fish at home sirens go off and off to the basement . We had 2 tornadoes last night in south eastern Wisconsin not to mention 3 to 5 inches of rain. Staying home tonight cleaning up the boat and untangling rods that were hastily thrown into the front of the boat to get off the water.

Tight lines

Jim

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[jvjbadger]

Nice King Jim,

Be safe and live to fish another day is always the best option.

[JWheeler]

Ah the old Chinese fire drill! Sounds like some good action:thumb:

[Nailer]

So, was Nick glad he went? It's been a great year for you so far Jim.

[jimcr]

So, was Nick glad he went? It's been a great year for you so far Jim.

His exact words were yes and no, he was glad he went and caught a large king, and no for the weather. I promised my wife that I would never venture out on the big pond by my self, so I count on my son to go, He is asking more question s and becoming more interested every time we go out . He loves to fill out the log posted by Mike, It means more to me than he knows fishing with his dad, As I did with my father.

Before I fished lake Michigan I would fish northern Wisconsin all the time , but gas prices keep that to a minimum now.

I think the Smile on his face says it all.

[SUPERTRAMP]

Really good job Jim. Your wife is really right about going out alone, especially when weather is brewing like we had Sunday night and monday.

[Paulywood]

Good job! Looks like your having a good season and really figuring it out. I know all the Wisconsin guys appreciate your reports. Good luck your next time out, hope the weather is better.

[KJ pluggin]

Sounds like a fun night on the water, I'm glad you made it back to port alright.

[GLF]

Great job Jim!