Holland 5/9 pm

[mriversinco]

Well, after what seems like ages with the new boat I finally got it out last night and was able to fish for a few hours. Had kicker problems at the start, it wouldn't go into drive. Adjusted the cables and viola, it worked but I got grease on my hands and forgot to bring a towel or anything to wash with. So, had to rely on fishing partners to set things up and it drove me NUTS not being able to do stuff.

Ended up with 5 fish and lost a few. I know we had at least 2 on that we lost but had many releases and were trying to dial in the releases and such. 4 Nice kings and a little coho. Here's what worked:

1 nice king on 300ft. of 45lb copper with 8" mountain dew SD with proctologist fly.

2 kings on dipsey with SS green skirt UV spoon at 125 to 180

1 king on White paddle with homosezwhat fly on rigger at 90

1 coho on flintstones candy corn spoon on 5 color

Not a bad first time out with the new boat.

[Just Hook'n]

Very nicely done Mike,

Were those dipseys on the new rods?

[mriversinco]

Actually both fish were off my other dipsey rods with braid. I ran one of the new rods with wire down deep and had two on but lost them both. Gotta get my fishing partners used to fighting a fish with wire......

[buster107]

Mike its the first trip out!! You did pretty good!!!!

[fishsniffer]

nice job mike

[fisf crazy]

nice job with the new boat

[IRon]

Very good Mike. Glad to hear you're getting out and enjoying the new boat.

[Priority1]

Mike, GJ on the shakedown trip.

[N II Deep]

Nice Job, glad to hear you were able to get the boat back inline and doing its job.

[justhooked]

Good job. I know what you are talking about being sidelined. Very frustrating.

[onlyflyfish4vr]

Not bad for a few hours and shakedown.

[EdB]

Nice job!

[King Salmon 1]

Nice catch on your 1st trip.