After taking the Grand Kids to Westport last Saturday for their first exposure to razor clamming and crabbing, I decided to stay close to home this weekend so my friend Joey and I hit Lake Ki for the first time in almost 2 years. On arriving, I was really surprised to see only about a half dozen boats on the water. Anchoring my canoe in the first of my "go to" spots we were both able to limit out in a couple of hours using Garlic Power Bait. Although these fish were not big, for "planters" they were quite chunky and scrappy. These were the first fish of the year for both of us as work, the weather, and family obligations have not given us much time to get out on the water and it felt good to feel that tug on the end of our lines.

After having to net one fish twice I discovered that my trout net had several holes in it which were probably caused by my using it to net a dozen or so Humpy's a two years ago. Since this year is another Humpy year, I guess I'm gonna have to go out and get me a real salmon net before they start showing up later this summer.

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