Bruce's Holiday Weekend Trip To Red Lake

Brother Bruce started a new job recently so his time for fishing has been reduced down to one trip this winter. This last weekend was his big bang and sorry to tell Bill that it was alot better than last weekend. Bill and I suffered through one of the worst trips either of us have experienced in many years. Bruce and I started out in similar fashion with only 2 fish caught on Saturday and they were nothing to brag about.

With a poor Sunday morning bite we decided to move anywhere else. We headed back toward shore from our present place of about 9 miles out. We sttled in a plowed spot about 4 miles from shore and saw and caught fish soon after setting up. We caught a couple of fish in the afternoon, but most were caught between 6 and 9 PM. A total of 12 fish were landed with about 8 lost or missed completely. With the slow action and us trying to pass time playing gin, we had some bobbers that may have been down minutes before we noticed them.

This was a better trip than I really expected and Bruce went home with a couple nice meals of fish. Noting that he fished on the only time he'll have this winter it was a good trip, and now he'll look forward to the opener and wader fishing at Little Winnie Resort. Myself I hope to get out at least 2 or 3 more times....Have fishhouse will travel!!

Till the next adventure or misadventure,

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