All, The family and I have hit Potholes and Scootney recently and fishing has been stellar at both locations. As most of you know I am a huge fan of Scootney, located south of Othello on hwy 17 for the new members, and Liz and I caught 31 bass, (only 2 dinks) over 6 hours of fishing, highlighted by a set of twin 4.5oz SM. We also caught 6 LM up to 3lbs. Spoke to an angler that I recognized on the lake and he had a 7+ largemouth his son was taking photos of. Just a superb day on the lake. As for Potholes, this place is a factory, I have never seen it better!! Hit the same hut that I tagged the 5+ LM during our tourney and we caught 6 LM up to 4.5lbs. Total blast. Caught a number of SM (too many to count) in the 3lb range and I must apologize to my wife, as I knocked perhaps the biggest smallmouth I have ever seen from the end of her line. She has finally forgiven me, I think, as I no longer am eating mustard sandwiches for lunch at work. I am lousy at estimating fish size near the boat, as I am a WBC fisherman and everything lost at the boat is a kicker, well over 7lbs, but I will say it was over 5lbs. Just a fabulous spring for the Holmes family fishing adventures this year. As a side note, the difficulties I had regarding my 200 EFI during the Potholes event turned out to be a short on one of the two leads to the top of my fuel pump. I was some concerned that I would have to take the boat to Nixons for a looksie, but the head mechanic, Grant, gave me some things to look for, and lo and behold, I found the loose lead, made a repair, and am good to go. Kirk
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