Noah's Half Dozen

Noah's dad never worked so hard to see him and his buddy catch sunnies. These fish were the finickiest tiny fish that wouldn't even take a bloodworm with a weight or bobber attached to it. Using Noah's 2 and a half foot cars rod Noah and his buddy Ethan were able to each reel in a sunny. Then later in the day Noah and his dad chummed and tricked a half dozen onto Noah's line. He had a blast bringing them in but wasn't too keen on throwing them back instead asking if we could cook them and eat them for dinner! It was a great day with Noah, Ethan and the two dads.

Memorial Day

On the Happy Ours with Amy, her mom Sharon and Noah I heard the drag being pulled. I quickly grabbed the rod, set the hook and started reeling. I knew this was a big fish and yelled "grab the net." Amy held the net and nervously netted the fat fish. "Chomper," as he was named by Noah and Amy, weighed in at 3.5 pounds, just under 20 inches. This was my heaviest flounder yet. Noah had a great time fishing and playing with the bait can't wait for more trips with him in the future.

Bushels O'Crabs

For fathers day weekend Greg and I took our Dad out crabbing on bear creek. We had some hints as to where the crabs where and it sure paid off. We were at Merritt Point in line to hit the water before the sun came up and then once we were out laid our 30 already baited traps (first time crabbing with 30 traps). From 6 to 9 AM we had a bushel of crabs and keep going. We took a break to fish a little north east of Fort Carroll and ended up with 30 white perch and a few small stripers in about 45 minutes of slack tide. We ended up with between a bushel and a half and a bushel and 3/4. It was a great day and made for a wonderful Fathers Day crab feast.