Tried out Offut for the first time with my daughter, who I don't fish with much anymore. Was spontaneous and decided to rent a boat for 4 hours from Offut Lake Resort. Trolled wedding rings with half worm behind kokanee troll pop gear. Kid got a strike pretty quickly, but no hookup. It was a joy to watch her go from jabbering, holding her pole, to suddenly snapping her head sideways to eye her pole, holdring her breath, then excitedly say, "I think I got a fish!". That is why I fish -- that moment of contact that changes everything. :)

She eventually hooks into a fish, while still holding the pole. Reels it in, but not sure it is still on, until it gets close to the boat and bends the pole good. After some thrashing and fish going under boat, she finally gets it to where I can net it. Fish landed, a stout 13 inch rainbow trout. High fives. Magic. :)

Then the wind kicks up and the battery on the minnkota fades. I end up rowing back to the dock for a fresh battery. Right after the battery is swapped out, the dark clouds that came in start to dump rain. I propose stopping for the day, but the kid want to go back out for the last hour in the rain! So we head back out and proceed to get wet, but still having a good time. I finally catch an 11 inch bow after a few strikes. Not much longer after that, we decide to pack it up.

There were several other boats out, and quite a few dockers, before the rain drove them away. Saw a pair of bald eagles. And the resort staff was great. We will be back! P.S. Anybody remember that wine label? We bought a bottle for the WALakes.com nostalgia. :P

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