MARKS LAKE
May 31, 2006
Myself and James got out again today to take his little guy Jordan out in the boat, and hopefully to get him on some fish. This time out Jordan was a little more realistic in his estimation of how many fish he was going to catch, unlike the other day at Hazelwood where he said he was going to catch 100 fish, today he said he was going to catch 18 fish. Unfortunately he still came up short of his goal, but he had a great time on the lake while trying to catch his 18 fish. To start the trip off Jordan received a gift from his father, James had picked up a new Abu Garcie rod and reel combo for Jordan, a big kids rod! Jordan liked his new fishing gear, and it didn't take him long to figure out how to cast it out.
The day started off pretty slow, we anchored in an 18 foot hole expecting the fish to be deep in the hot windless weather. Unfortunately the fish didn't think the same as we did and none of them were there to bite our hooks, so we headed across the lake to another hole just inside a weed bed. This is where Jordan got to reel in the first fish of the day, a small pike,
we threw him back. Shortly after the pike was caught I hooked into the first Walleye of the day, it was a decent size for eating, so we kept him. Jordan threw his line right into the same hole that I had just pulled the Walleye out of and within seconds his bobber was pulled beneath the surface, the hook was set and Jordan reeled in his line to find another small pike at the end, we kept him long enough to get his picture taken and then we released him. For the next little while the action stopped, we moved around a bit, explored a bit, and James eventually hooked into and landed another small pike. We decided to head across the lake again and try some trolling, and then it would be time to head home. We trolled along the shore in 18 - 20 feet of water, snagged a couple of 12 foot humps, but didn't catch anything. After trolling the deep water we started to troll a little shallower
, about 7 - 8 ft of water, and thats where Jordan got to feel the strike of a Walleye. Jordan set the hook, very well, and the fight was on. I reeled up my line to grab the net, and as he pulled his rod tip up I was able to net the fish, good thing for the net because just as I got him in the net he spit the hook. We continued to troll up the shore line a bit further, and as we came to a shallow area James set the hook and watched as the fish that just hit his line broke the surface and did a nice little dance for him.
I grabbed the net and we successfully landed a nice 16" Small Mouth Bass, we kept him long enough for a photo, and then we released him back into the lake. By this time it was almost time to go home so we ran across to the other shore for one last kick at the cat before we left. We managed to find another hole, and we managed to find a couple fish, but they managed to take our minnows and not the hook. That was it for today, we 
headed back to the launch to load up and head home. On the way home we got to see some wildlife, we spotted a Ruffed Grouse in the trees, and then we seen a Bear a little further down the road, he didn't give us any time to take his picture, but we all got the chance to see him. Until next time... ...maybe next week.
May 31, 2006
Myself and James got out again today to take his little guy Jordan out in the boat, and hopefully to get him on some fish. This time out Jordan was a little more realistic in his estimation of how many fish he was going to catch, unlike the other day at Hazelwood where he said he was going to catch 100 fish, today he said he was going to catch 18 fish. Unfortunately he still came up short of his goal, but he had a great time on the lake while trying to catch his 18 fish. To start the trip off Jordan received a gift from his father, James had picked up a new Abu Garcie rod and reel combo for Jordan, a big kids rod! Jordan liked his new fishing gear, and it didn't take him long to figure out how to cast it out.
The day started off pretty slow, we anchored in an 18 foot hole expecting the fish to be deep in the hot windless weather. Unfortunately the fish didn't think the same as we did and none of them were there to bite our hooks, so we headed across the lake to another hole just inside a weed bed. This is where Jordan got to reel in the first fish of the day, a small pike,
we threw him back. Shortly after the pike was caught I hooked into the first Walleye of the day, it was a decent size for eating, so we kept him. Jordan threw his line right into the same hole that I had just pulled the Walleye out of and within seconds his bobber was pulled beneath the surface, the hook was set and Jordan reeled in his line to find another small pike at the end, we kept him long enough to get his picture taken and then we released him. For the next little while the action stopped, we moved around a bit, explored a bit, and James eventually hooked into and landed another small pike. We decided to head across the lake again and try some trolling, and then it would be time to head home. We trolled along the shore in 18 - 20 feet of water, snagged a couple of 12 foot humps, but didn't catch anything. After trolling the deep water we started to troll a little shallower
, about 7 - 8 ft of water, and thats where Jordan got to feel the strike of a Walleye. Jordan set the hook, very well, and the fight was on. I reeled up my line to grab the net, and as he pulled his rod tip up I was able to net the fish, good thing for the net because just as I got him in the net he spit the hook. We continued to troll up the shore line a bit further, and as we came to a shallow area James set the hook and watched as the fish that just hit his line broke the surface and did a nice little dance for him.
I grabbed the net and we successfully landed a nice 16" Small Mouth Bass, we kept him long enough for a photo, and then we released him back into the lake. By this time it was almost time to go home so we ran across to the other shore for one last kick at the cat before we left. We managed to find another hole, and we managed to find a couple fish, but they managed to take our minnows and not the hook. That was it for today, we 
headed back to the launch to load up and head home. On the way home we got to see some wildlife, we spotted a Ruffed Grouse in the trees, and then we seen a Bear a little further down the road, he didn't give us any time to take his picture, but we all got the chance to see him. Until next time... ...maybe next week.
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