Another rainy day of fishing on Lake Michigan. Gus, Rich and I got out on the water about 0615 to relatively calm waters, but the winds and waves were coming out of the NNE which made for a bumpy ride out to the fishing grounds. The rest of the morning did us no favors as we had to repair a down rigger cable and a massive tangle of lines. We did not catch any thing until.....we were popping the lines out of the down rigger and we noticed we did have a fish on. We stowed the lines and rushed into the harbor before the storm hit.
We went back out after the storm and that is when things started picking up. Within 20 minutes we had 5 hits reeling in 3 of them but it was not enough to place us in the winner's circle. Our total weight for out 4 fish was 25lbs, while the winning team had 37. Also, the biggest fish of the tournament was a brown trout weighing in at 19lbs. For the weigh in and post tourney celebration we takeover Potato Creek Johnny's in Glenview - not the hippest place in the world but the outdoor beer garden does the trick.
Overall, I feel like a train wreck today after getting bounced around the boat for 10 hours - my back, my back and my neck....
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