One of my favorite fishing lures is the Johnson Sprite. I started using them a long time ago fishing at the “lakes” with family. I am not sure when exactly we started using them the Johnson Sprite is definitely my favorite spoon. They are lighter and spoon through the water with a nice wiggle. The little pink thingy that hangs between the spoon and the treble hook is very important. I figure it makes the lure appear to a fish like a bleeding or injured minnow.

I snagged this big carp / buffalo while trolling in the pit. it is a pretty sloppy and nasty fish but it was alot of fun to bring in. It pulled the boat around alot and was fun to net. Would have been nice if it had been a walleye but i guess thats just too much to ask for.

Since I have been boating I have wanted a trolling motor. For convenience and for safety. My grandma had mentioned that she had an old one in her basment that I was welcome to check out and see if it still worked.  All it needed was a 12 volt battery and it was alive.

I was very surprised with how the little trolling motor was able to move the boat. It actually cruised around without any trouble as long as i wasn’t trying to use it in the river and fight the current. I played with it for several hours the first day i had it in the water.

What I like most about trolling is being able to stand on the front of the boat and slowly jig and cast and be able to cover more water. I have found that it is very useful when the fish are not biting in the area I start to fish. Before having the trolling motor i would have to pull up anchor and try to start the gas motor. Now i almost never use an anchor i just float around and when I get in a shallow area or too close to shore or a tree I can just slowly move out of the way.

Trolling disturbs the water a lot less and I think it greatly increases the chances of not scaring away the fish.

Lots of fish were biting this day. I am starting to enjoy boating and fishing solo. It can be pretty peaceful but its still nice when I have someone to go with.  I really love it when the water is smooth as glass. There probably isn’t too many more good weather days to fish this year so I am trying to soak it all up as often as possible.

I was casting with one of my favorite lures. I would have liked to pull in the fish that the scale above belonged to. O-well it was fun at least tugging on him for a moment. Maybe i will get it in the boat next time.

I caught several small cats and sheephead as usual. I wish I could figure out how to catch some walleye. Guess i just have to keep trying different spots. The spot I was fishing here is only 4 - 6 feet deep and I know that its not likely for walleye to be in the shallows this time of year.

Here I am “The Fisherman” I was fishing from the boat launch and practicing taking pictures of myself. Its really hard to take a picture of myself holding the fish I catch. So I took this one just to practice.

It would be nice to have a better camera that I could set up to take pictures. Guess I will have to keep my eyes out and do some research to see if i can find the right camera and setup.

Jason and I took the boat out again.  We had a lot of fun. I don’t think it would be possible to take the boat out and go fishing and not enjoy ourselves.

I think today was the first time out of all the times that Jason and i have gone fishing that he caught more fish then I did. I really didn’t mind he deserved to finally have a good day of fishing and catching almost all of the fish.

Well that’s all of this trip. I know I should take the time to write more about each picture they all kinda have a story behind them. But part of the fun is keeping a few of the details and secrets, secret.

Most of the time i really dislike catching this kind of fish.

It didn’t bother me catching this one. It actually wasn’t as slimy and stinky as a sucker typically is. It was a lot of fun reeling in. I had cast a worm way down stream about as far as i could. When it sucked up my worm the rod bent pretty good.  Made me remember that it is pretty important to secure the pole to the boat and not take my eyes off it too long. The current is so fast that its a a chore to pull a good sized fish into the current.

This is one of the larger channel cats I have caught this year. Its good sized for the area we fish but still compaired to cats I have caught in previous fishing seasons its on the smaller side.

Not too much was biting here and i had the itch to take some pix.

its not so bad when the fish don’t bite i dont mind the view.

Just another Stinky SheepHead. So many of these I dont know what to write about them. Guess i will have to try and remember more details when i catch them. Either that or just stop taking pictures of them. I think i need to research a bait that sheep head dont like and other fish do.