Met Steve in Riverdale at 4 am.
1st stop non sponsor for Live Herring.
Arrived at Merrill Creek at 5:45 am.
Steve launched the 16 ft Monark & off we went.
Steve took us across the reservoir & we set up on the 1st Drift.
It did not take long for the 1st Strike guard to go off & I was rewarded with the 1st Brown of the day.
We continued drifting & Steve had 3 bites and he could not hook up & boy did I bust his Balls !
I knew it was just a matter of time before he hooked up !
On the next drift Steve caught a Nice Rainbow.
High Fives some pics & baits back in !
We continue drifting and 1 of Steve's strike guards gets wacked !
Steve knew he had a good fish & I bought in the other lines and got the net ready.
The reel was screaming and Steve fought the Fish & I net the 1st Laker of the Day.
The next drift the wind picked up & the bite shut down.
We made a move & anchored up & started catching stockies.
I put 1 line 3 ft off the bottom and my strike guard goes off & my reel started screaming.I landed the 2nd Laker of the day.
Not a bad way to spend a Sat morning.
At noon we called it a day !
1 Hold over Brown,1 Hold over Rainbow,2 Lakers & a Bunch of Stockies !
The water was stained from all the Pollen but The Trout were hungry !
