The fish-in was great and those that couldn't make it really missed out. We had 8 boats or so with 16-17 anglers. Most showed up for breakfast. ParkinG wasn't as bad as expected by some.
Fishing was pretty good for most. All keeper size fish were in the 2-3 pound range. The lake fished a little tricky for some. The fish were really shallow hiding on the inside edge of lilly pads in brush and wood. Pitching plastics was the key for success reported by most. I was able to pick one of my bigger fish with a spinnerbait. Shannon Wolsky worked a bed like a Pro, sticking a Sweet beaver to a nice bedded 2 1/2 pounder. She had to tell Mike and I to shut up as we were trying to coach her. She said she knew what she was doing...
I was able to edge Larry out of the big fish by a a tenth of a pound. We weighed both fish on the same scale too, so it was fair. He had a 2.9 and mine was an even 3 pounds. The weather held out for the most part with one down pour that didn't last very long.
The BBQ was excellent and Lyle did a great job on the tri-tip steak. They had a slushy machine for good "adult" drinks. Plenty of room on their property for the boats. 6 of us stayed over and told great stories around the camp fire.
Lyle and Andrea were first up preparing breakfast for the group. Rich even jumped in and made some "salmonella eggs". Eggs, sausage, rolls and English muffins rounded out the entree.
Then we ventured to Riffe for some pre-fishing. Weather was decent, but fishing was a little slow. Larry landed a 3 1/2- 4 pound smallie after I let him drag around our boat..
Carlos landed a keeper and lost another at the boat. Lyle landed a Squaw fish and his nephew (I think) landed a 2 1/2 pounder. All the other fish reported were dinks.
Overall it was a great trip with great club members as usual.
Many Thanks to the Logstons for hosting the trip!!