BC 16 Day 2

 I was woke up, by a couple of crows doing the hokey pokey on the top of my trailer at about 10 minutes after the sun started to peak over the mountain tops.  I didn’t need to start chopping wood today to get everybody moving by the time I got washed up and had the tea water going Rich was up and had coffee and breakfast started.

Rich made his omelets’ in a bag. There full of stuff,  some with veggies, others with sausage, all kinds a goodies, Gary cooked up Hash-browns a fantastic breakfast and filling enough to keep us going all day.       Well maybe with just a few lil snacks.

This is from the third day with only 1/2 the Hash-browns

Pat Lake or Six Mile Lake........... In order to get to Pat Lk you have to pass by Morgan Lake,  We made it pass Morgan over the hill rolling hills until we came to a place where the water was across the road. It was wide and the water was flowing at a good clip, plus it looked deep. After last years trip up to Wyse Lake we had all agreed not to attempt anything that crazy on this trip. Time to get on the 2 way radios,  So we turned around.and headed back  and launched mid way on Morgan.    

   Morgan Lake...... elevation 1740 ft. lite winds and overcast at 52, water temp bath tub warm at 70, the sky and water cloudy with a visibility of maybe 2-3 ft.

     

     My first hook-up on one of my Punkinheads, sz. 10 on type 4 sink line, came shortly after being in the water with a small Bow of 16 inches. Small for this lake after last year of catching one will over 10 lbs. and many in the 4-6 & 7-8 lbs. range.

  

     Rich’s new boat was loosing air and he had to go back to shore and pump up and bring the pump out into the water with him to keep it afloat.

     I was just about all the way across the lake when Gary hooked into a nice big Bow. I hauled ass to get back across the lake to snap a picture, got it. Then Rich and Scott pulled in and dropped anchors we were all within maybe 50 feet of each other when Scott hooked into a nice fish. I pulled out the Go Pro and while getting Scott on film Rich hooks in to a big fish and it’s back and forth the trying to capture the two of them. While filming I get the tug but was unable to set the hook and then another bump but this time iff’n I didn’t have my rod tucked up under my arm I would have had a lost rod and reel my reel sang and boom I felt the snap.  Another lost opportunity. But that was OKAY the day was still young. It was just about an hour before I got my next hook-up this fish was powerful and did some running into my backing up and out of the water it came with a big flip and lost fish my line came flying back at me, lost fly, broken off. Retied on another and back to fishin. nothing again for a long time I tried trolling bobber lobbin deep water Chromimid fishing just about everything, but as I looked around the lake I didn't see a whole lot of other do much catchen either.  

     We all caught some fish. Some on Chromimids, but not many. The Punkinhead seem to work best and so did a large beadhead green leach. Even the locals weren’t doing very well. We were off the water by 3:30 and back at camp by 5ish. Rich was the big producer today.

Gary with one of his prizes

When we got back to camp we tried to fix the poon on Rich’s new boat, getting the valve assembly out was impossible with the limited tools we had. I do and did have the valve tool but nothing able to grip the inside piece. It was a good thing that Gary had his old boat so we pulled off the leaky poon and replaced it with one off the old boat, and put the other in the truck the poon just in-case it was too far out of balance. It worked out perfect.        
   Gary was our top dog on the grill tonight blazon up some New York Steaks.

Stay tuned in there is more to come with day 3 4 and 5