A detour

Okay, so sometimes you need a couple hours off.

Got the sole placed, got the cleats for the compartment soles, and the neighbor says, "let's go fish!"

He has a problem.


We try some tested methods, with no real success. We decide to go troll a bit to catch some Northern Pikeminnow (the scourge of our lake, bigtime predators with no value). I don't have my go-to perch print, so I go to a lure that has never caught any fish. It's a white crankbait, of all things. I think its going to go poorly....



One big suckerfish, and a 5lb 8oz blackmouth King Salmon!



This lake is dam controlled, and does NOT have fish ladders. We are upriver of Grand Coulee dam, with another 2 dams between here and there. This is a resident fish of either our lake or Coeur d'Alene, but who would think to fish for salmon in a bass/crappie/perch lake?

Alright, Ill go work on the boat.