"John H" wrote in message
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Got a late start this morning 'cause dummy me forgot to call the marina
and have
the boat put in the water. Oh well.

Left Deale, MD, about 8 AM, got out to marker #83 and put the lines out.
We ran
4 tandem parachute rigs and two umbrellas. After about two hours of
nothing, my
good friend OldFart decided we needed to check and clean the lures. Sure
enough,
most were dirty.

Put everything back in the water and within about 15 minutes had our first
strike of the day. Rich (Gimp) pulled in a 40 1/2 "er, which set a new
boat
record for the Poco Loco. It was caught on a bucktail with a 9" Bass
Assassin
attached. (We had lost one of the parachute rigs on a log or something a
little
earlier. Actually, we lost an umbrella at about the same time, on the same
log I
expect.)

About a half hour later, around noon, the line sings again and OldFart
pulled in
a 38"er. Just those two about filled the cooler! The second one was caught
on
one of OldFart's hand made bucktails with a 6" sassy shad (white). Both of
these
were caught almost directly east of North Beach in about 42 feet of water,
trolling at about 3.2 mph.

The weather was perfect, the company was spectacular, and the cooler was
pretty
full. We played around another hour or so and called it a day. What a
great day
it was.
--
John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

Way to go John!!!

My wife and I spent the morning painting (1st coat) the hull of my friends
Lyman. The four of us then hopped on a ferry for a ride over to Kelley's
Island where we sipped Brandy Alexanders while chowing down on a Lake Erie
perch dinner.

Glad you had a nice day. We certainly did also. ;-)