12-22-2013 moses lake

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SUNDAY MORNING I MEET TERMO TO FISH WITH HIM USING HIS BOAT . THE MORNING WAS OVERCAST , BRIEF DRIZZLE , AIR TEMPERATURE REACHED 70 DEGREES , WATER GOT UP TO 61 DEGREES , ALMOST DEAD CALM WHIPPING UP TO 15 MPH IN THE LATE AFTERNOON NW , N AS THE FRONT STARTED TO PUSH THROUGH . IT WAS A ALMOST STANDING TIDE WITH SLIGHT OUTGOING FLOW , THEN REALLY STARTED MOVING OUT AROUND 11 AM . WE DRIFTED SOME PLACES IN MOSES LAKE WITH NO BITES . WE WENT OUTSIDE THE FLOOD GATES AND FOUND SLICK WATER AND AN ABUNDANCE OF BAIT AND TOPWATER FEEDING . MY FIRST 5 HOOKUPS CAME UNHOOKED AFTER A BRIEF PLAY , LANDED A TOO SMALL TROUT , HOOKED UP AND LOST A 6 th FISH . WE THOUGHT THAT WE WOULD BE CATCHING A LOT BUT THERE WAS ALMOST TOO MUCH BAIT . WE HAD SEVERAL THROW BACKS AS JOHN'S FACE TESTIFIES AS HE HOLDS A SMALL FISH . THESE FEEDING TROUT WERE MAINLY SMALL ONES .

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John put on a super spook jr and caught a keeper , i put on a top and got a keeper but we struggled still . The bait started moving south and we tried moses lake again drifting john's known haunts since childhood . He told me some of his childhood memories fishing with his father and uncle . When he was ten they would take him and put him in a rubber tire ( i think ) and anchor him to the bottom with a cement block , live bait , and let him fish while they went elsewhere picking him up later . Man , did they get a scolding when mama found out ....har !

I picked up and released a 19 inch red . I put on a carrottop fat boy and john looked at me funny and laughingly asked if i ever caught any fish on that outlandish color . Two trout and 20 inch red later he was mumbling about having to order one . I gave him mine at the end of the day .

After that we tried outside the gate again but it was too windy . We briefly fished april fools point to get out of the wind and called it a day around 3 pm .

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The two bigger trout were 17 inches .

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WTG!

[Curmudgeon]

Nice job!
Now, about the brake..?


Curmudgeon only pawn in game of life.

[Termo]

I posted on Harvey's thread "Great Reports' (I think) about the brake fiasco. Got a good Corkie out of it! I don't know that ugly grey haired guy in Henry's pictures! (Notice he didn't take any of himself!0 HAR!

[walkinwader]

Way to go gents.....

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[S-troop]

Sounds like you guys had fun. Thanks for the report.


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Well heck , i did make an additional last post with pictures but i don't know what happened to it . Give me 15 minutes while i peck it out again .

[H.Maier]

Good job, guys! I know it was a hoot.

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At the end of the day , john got his boat craddled on the trailer and i winched it tight and drove him out . I did not know that the emergency brake was on and after pulling him out , the truck had no to little breaks . I followed him for a few blocks and he pulled over saying this wasn't working . He sent me off to a convenience store where i bought three bottles of brake fluid . It drained out as fast as he put it in . So we hitched his boat to my truck and i followed him as he coasted home . His neighbor was around who was mechanically inclined and determined it was a rear brake cylinder . I killed john's truck . I feel so bad . Now john demands a new carrottop fatboy for all the grief and expense .

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[rtoler]

Nice report Henry! Sorry to see you guys had some problems towards the end there.

[Root Canal]

Good friends fishing makes for a great day.
Even though you didn't slaughter them, you had some action.
Nice pics again Henry. Love reading your reports.

[walkinwader]

Never had any mishaps but all trips with Henry have been a blast....for sure. Great guy.