1st Report
We had a large group for our first NW Region outing of the year.
I think there were like 10 of us seated at the breakfast table.....
Jude, BenK, BrianO, Bill k, Jay and Tom, Paul T, Eric G and his brother, and then myself.
Yep, that's 10.
After chow we assembled in front of the cafe for a quick shot....
Nice looking mob, huh? Ben K will post a better pic.
We had to split into groups. Paul, ben, Eric and his brother, all headed south to drop their kayaks in at some point way
upstream on the south branch of the Kish.
Jude took Bill and Brian down south also but not quite as for as the yak-heads went.
Jay, Tom and I also fished the south branch but stayed in Winnebago County.
When we first stepped foot in water and waded to the opposite bank we came across this bird all tangled up in knots with
some mono. The line was wrapped around a toe and the a few times around the neck. I took hold of the varmint while Jay cut the line away with his snippers. Bird bounced into the weeds to rest. looked a little stressed.
Jay was casting a crank bait most of the day, Tom had his fly rod and I tossed him a Jude-Bug to tie on, I had the spin rod in hand with a tube tied on.
Tom popped the first smallmouth of the day casting the Jude-Bug up against some rip-rap.
Jay thought catching a smallie on a fly rod looked pretty fun and Tom talk him in to making a few cast.
It didn't take long and it was FISH ON!!
Jay's first smallmouth with a fly rod.
Seemed like it was going to be a great day. WRONG!
It was pretty slow after that. Jay did pick up one more with a crank bait. I got the skunk.
Hope the other guys did good.
It was nice to meet new people and see Jay catch his first fly rod smallmouth.
Also, it was nice to actually have an outing here in the NW Region.
Tough year.