Pacemaker Fishing Forum

Mated for Jim Hemby this morning.  Met him at the marina at 4am to go catch bait.  We had nearly 300 nice herring by 5:15.  Clients showed up on time at 5:45 and off we went.  Finally found a decent school a little after 6 and put out 10 down lines in 20-30 FOW.  Just pandemonium for the next 2 hours.  I was extremely busy rebaiting hooks, netting fish, retying hooks, untangling lines, and unhooking fish to put in the cooler.  We had 26 keepers around 8 am when it slowed down.  Made a move and found some more fish........put the final 6 fish in the box and we were done.  I was exhausted!
Fish in the dock before puting on the racks.

Group photo at the marina shop....two fishermen not in photo.

Going to take them a couple hours to fillet that many.