Port Bay 04/22/11

[muskybob]

Had an outstanding day today fishing with Salmonhunter4, FX, Sliderbite, Eskimo Joe, & L&M. We took it easy getting out on the water, giving the boat's windshield time to defrost & by 9:15 we were going thru the chute. We no sooner got 3 rods rigged on the planer board & a rod fired. Eskimo Joe's lightning quick reflexes sprang into action, but he was too short to get the rod out of the rodholder. FX handed the rod off to him and he, Hank, & Bill continued to rig the other planer board & a second rod fired. Joey was bringing his up to the boat & I fought the 2nd fish. Finally both fish were landed and we had 8 rods rigged on the planer boards. All of a sudden, we had triples, landed them all, reset the rods, and then had a quad going. We were all laughing about our good luck and having a good ol time of it. All 4 were landed and we continued fishing. At the end of 4 hrs fishing, we had landed 17 Browns & 1 Coho. (dropped 3 through the day) Browns were mostly cookie cutter 5-7 pounders with a nice 10 and 11 pounder. The Coho went about 5-6 lbs. Color didn't seem to matter today as we caught fish on everything we threw out there. Sticks and spoons took fish equally. It was one of the best days I've ever had on the water in a long time being with good friends. Catching fish was the bonus. If you haven't put your boat in the water yet, do it soon. The fish are in and waiting to play.

Here's Hank dancin a jig he's so happy

[bottom-feeder]

[rshubuck]

Now thats a great day on the water!

[Lew]

Awesome

[dubblec]

Great report and pics! Congrats!

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[chowder]

Great post, pics & good job on the browns! Hope the action is like that tomorrow! -Andy

[1fish2fish]

Great report Bob! I saw Hank's boat come out of the chute and head west, but didn't realize you guys were on board. We were to the east.

We got out a little earlier and got off to a bad start with three misses before we landed the first brown. We ended up with 9 for 13 with 8 browns and 1 steelhead. I was a beautiful morning to be on the lake!

Jim

[ray koziatek]

aww its nice to see hank so happy he did his dance for you .. I,ve heard he does a mean "moonwalk" when 4 or more rods fire at once..

Glad to see ya all had a great day.

[lilboat]

Nice.

Thanks for the reports and pics

The fish are in and waiting to play

The fish are willing to play but its been tough getting to the playgrounds with the all the windy weather.

Glad you guys got out to play.

[B8buket]

Bob, brought along his own personal fish netter

2 biggest browns

Eskimo driving the boat taking out docks AGAIN!

[B8buket]

FIRE DRILL....... , Joey w/his hands in his pockets.......

[B8buket]

Great day fishing w/Great FRIENDS!

eating venison jerky

killing lampreys

and catchin fish!

[Big Dave]

Looks like a fun day Have to buy Joe a ROOT

[Pike Hunter]

Awesome report! Looks like you had the most fun crew on board!

[Splitshot115]

Looks like you guys had a blast.

[Legacy]

[FX]

Yes indeed it was a Great Day at Port Bay. Great friends, lots of laughs, and great fishin as a bonus. Here are some more pics:

Definitely one for the memory books!

Shawn

[muskybob]

Great pics guys. Thanks for sharing.

& thanks for the great comments guys. It was a blast!!!

[skipper19]

Wish I could've...but trolling pavement for now..nice job fellas

Mark

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[ray koziatek]

seems like the "rod hogs" are the big boys poor kid all he could do was get a little net action....suppose he had to fillet the catch too.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[W.W.IV.]

[on the lam]

Eskimo Joe is one cool customer.....

[lyteline]

Great Day on the water for you guys....specially the reigning LOU Champ,ESKIMO JOE....Happy Easter..Zeke & Cyn(Strike 3)

[coup]

I arrived just in time to witness the filleting. Eskimo Joe had the whip out making his dad do all the work and Hank was telling the little guy he had to rinse his hands off in the slimy bucket of water. Should have seen his face, priceless.