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2nd Installment in the continuing saga of the voyages of the Tin Guppy.
Son Sam and I took the Guppy to Keller Ferry, first time trip for either of us. When the sign says 10 on a corner it means GO SLOW.
What a great day! God once again smiled on this old sinner. Hard to believe it was Juanuary in the Northwest. We got our lines in the water just up stream of the San Poil around 9 AM and had our limits of Rainbow before 1 PM on a day when it just keep getting nicer out. Never had the slightest wind and actully had trouble seeing because of the sun in my eyes on the way back. Heavy fog in both directions on the drive though. We used a little bit of everything orange and got fish fairly regularly. Never really had a hot spell just kept picking one up one here and another there. Didn't get anything over 18" but enough of those to have a nice mess. Wife will be canning these, pretty big demand by guys at work sine I took in a jar from the last bunch. We tried switching things up in hope of getting some Kokane but there seems to be more I need to learn about that, we just hooked more rainbow, in a different spot, at a different speed on pink things rather than orange. Seemed to have good luck getting strikes if I would drop the speed from around 2 to just barely 1 but much harder to get them to stick. Faster troll definetly results in more fish to the boat when they do hit. Still lots to learn. I let Sam outfish me again as any good father should although he claims it was because he added some Smileys to his setup. I have let him outfish me so many times he actually believes it is skill on his part. No gratitude. And so it goes.

afk

1/26/2015 6:44:00 AM

Good job Dad! It is hard to tire of kids catching fish. Thanks for the report.

downriggeral

1/26/2015 9:14:00 PM

Kids and fish what a great combination.....out fishing Dad, priceless! Enjoy these times as they are very special; good job Dad. By the way what is the Tin Guppy's heritage?

Kekedatackleco

1/26/2015 10:56:00 PM

What a cool trip and fishing day. Those nice calm days can make a man spoiled especially when you're catching fish consistently. I'm glad you had a safe trip down the grade at Keller and were able to experience another part of Lake Roosevelt. Great job and thanks for the report.

Part-Time

1/29/2015 3:14:00 PM

Think I may have been somewhat miss leading. That's the kid holding the sample of our catch. Most of the time he is around 45 except for when he has a fish on and then like all great fishermen he is 7 or 8.
Bought the Tin Guppy in November from a real nice guy named Jerry. He had bought her new back in 93 and took very good care of her. As an added bonus it turned out we had both done a WESTPAC together back in 72-73 on board the Enterprise CVAN-65.
Next step is to pry the Grandson away from all sports activities he is tied up in and get all 3 generations with lines in the water.
That would be GOOD.

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