Perch'n with the Ruth Family 7/8/13
by Capt Juls on 07/08/13We got lucky this morning and found ourselves between rain/storms when we launched at Mazurik's at 8am. An 8 hour trip was scheduled with the Ruth family. Kids, Lilly and Zander, were excited to go fishing, so we loaded up and hit the water.
It was only a 10 mile run, or so, to the area between Kelly's Island and Gull Island Shoal, where we found some perch yesterday. We hit pay dirt again; the perch were still in the area.
After some quick instruction on how to fish for them, we started picking at them pretty quick.
Long story short, they caught 120 perch in three hours (without my line being in the water). I thought it was just Dad and the kids going today, so I had only loaded 4 rods in the boat. But, Mom was going too, so I gave her my rod to use. Then, one of the reels on one of the rods completely fell apart. In all my years, I have never seen this one. The bail just seemed to explode on the little girl, so Dad and I spent our time just taking fish off and baiting hooks.
So, if you think about it, we could have really whooped on them had we had 5 lines in the water instead of 3!
The kids said they had a lot of fun, and their smiles proved it, and that's all that matters to me. :)
We beat the rain this morning and I've still got some time before before it rains again...whew! I think I might be able to get the smooshed minnows scrubbed off the floor of the boat before I have to cover it. lol
Thanks for the fun day Ruth family! Enjoy your week vacation here.
A successful day indeed...woot! woot!
Capt Juls
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