So, I finally got what will probably be my last trip in earlier this week. Even though it was a little cooler than I expected, things looked to be shaping up for a good couple of days of fishing. Once i got to the lake and put the boat in the water, my outboard decided to have a fit. I've never had issues with this motor and I am certainly no mechanic. I finally got it fired up and started scouting. Found an area with tons of baitfish and had two very nice fish follow. More trouble with motor, but got back to cabin that night.

Woke up to 24 degrees out next morning. The lake was like glass as the fog started to clear. I was psyched to get back after those fish I saw the night before. Again, had big time trouble getting the motor running. Decided I would still make the long run to the fish since I would have all day to make it back using the trolling motor. By the time I reached the spot, the wind had whipped up enough to cause good old white caps. Not fun in a 14ft Jon boat. Needless too say, cut my trip to that section of lake short since I actually didn't feel safe.

Got back out in the afternoon and fought with the outboard one more time. Decided to stay close and just use the trolling motor. Did my best to stay out of the wind. Was feeling pretty bummed that I couldnt get back to target the fish from earlier but just kept at it. With only about an hour left in my trip to fish, I ended up landing a nice heavy low-40s fish. Best part about it is that this fish was within about 50yds of where I landed my very fist Musky. AND, when we got that first fish, we were also fishing that area because we couldn't get the outboard to fire and just used the trolling motor. I didn't even think about that until much later. LOL Funny how things work sometimes. Good luck out there guys.


Jay