Got out for my maiden voyage of the year out of Grimsby....my first and last. 2 other yak'rs heading out just before me though they immediately went towards Hamilton along the shore as I went straight 'out'. On water by 8:00 am
Very dirty close but within maybe 2 kms, water began clearing...at about 4 km, was clear blue. I set up running Apex though my selection was very poor so....yeah, that was a bit of a bust. I basically ran all over from 25' to 42' of water....running mostly parallel to shore but also perpendicular now and then. There were about 7 boats in 'my' area doing basically the same runs.
ZERO interest in Apex thought I attribute that more to lack of selection to offer than the lure or technique. Ran spoons for a bit later in the day but paddle yak'ing spoons is hard work keeping the needed speed to turn spoons. About 2:00 pm after many miles already on and only a couple boats left out with me, I decided to run some sticks for a bit.
About the 32' dpw, I had a good hit that I got to fight for a bit....before 'it' wrapped on some bottom structure....and pulled off. And, that's it, that's all. While I was trying to stick with the boats for the most part and of course, did not see everything, I did only see ONE fish caught by the boats.
AND.....that's all for me for at least a year. Heading west for work so hanging up the paddle for a bit.
King Joe, OUTA HERE!
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