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Paul was able to block this day off for fishing so we went with CT Campbell in his trusty ClackaCraft drift boat.



We even went on a full moon.

The day started with cloud cover and air temps at 58-59dF. But once the low clouds burned off, we had a glorious day with temps in the 70's and very little wind.

The water was very clear...we even got to see some nice fish in the byways. I actually threw at a nice one one and he slapped his tail at my lure and kept on trucking to where ever he was going.

We did not see any nests so I suspect most of them will spawn at the next full moon.

It took a few minutes to get the skunks off the boat. Initially, Paul threw a tube and I alternated with some of my trusty favorites.





I remember us being tied 5 to 5 at one time and then CT suggested that one of us throw a 3.5" nose hooked fluke (River Rock). I said it was too early so Paul tied it on.

After a while, I told him that I was glad he listened to my advice because he tore up the smallies with that bait!









Man, he must have caught more than 2 dozen fish in total. I may have caught 10-12. No monsters today but some decent catching for sure.

The scenery always prevails!



And we saw lots of eagles and hawks!



The day surpassed both of our expectations as early April is a tough time to fish the SF. CT was stoked at the amount of activity we produced (well, mostly Paul).

It was a great day of getting out in the wild. Good for the soul.

When we got home, I hopped out of Paul's truck and got hit 54dF air temps, raw & drizzly. What a difference from where we were.