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Oct 25 - Nov 8, 2019
WHAT’S HOT
Cripplure, a Hum Dinger, a small plug,
and one of Cal’s grubs behind a small
dodger.
We pulled these setups from one end of
the lake to the other with only a couple
of short strikes on the Cripplure. The
12-year-old was still in the game, but his
Snap feed was growing by the moment
with random selfies from around the boat.
I had to shift gears and try something
different, so we switched over to a faster
presentation and doubled down on the
Mack’s Lure spoons. This meant we were
no longer using the Minn Kota for propul-
sion, so the kid was assigned the helm to
steer the boat as we cruised along around
2.4MPH.
On our second fast pass of the island in
the middle of the lake, one of the Crip-
plures on a top line hooked up, and Jacob
reeled in the first fish of the day. Boom!
Now I have his undivided attention. He
insisted on resetting the rod and resumed
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his post at the helm. About the time he
maneuvered the boat back on its path,
the same rod lit up again. The second
feisty rainbow hit the deck.
For the next 3 hours, we managed to
land a healthy heap of rainbows with Mixed in with the rainbows, Jake and Wes caught
an occasional brown trout in the mix, several feisty brown trout.
Photo by WES WARD, Fish Sniffer Staff.
all on Cripplures trolling substantially
faster than the other boats on the lake.
landed all day.
By the time we were ready to set
Like a pro, Jake kept the line tight and
course to troll back to the launch across
let the fish take as much line as it wanted
the lake, we switched all our gear over to
on the loose drag. Eventually tiring out,
brass colored Cripplures. I honestly can’t
Jacob led the beautiful rainbow right
remember the last time I was on a bite so
to the net and onto the deck. Jacob was
good that I used the same lure on 4 rods.
speechless as he admired the biggest trout
As we neared the launch, still hooking
of his young angling career.
a trout every few minutes, one of the
Jacob was all smiles and had long
rods doubled over almost pulling the rod
forgotten about selfies and Snapchat as
completely out of the holder mounted on
we made the slow drive back down the
the transom. Jacob dove into action and
hill. Success! Dad managed to pull off
started reeling as the fish dove deep into
a fishing trip that even a 12-year-old
the weeds. We both knew right away this
approved of.
was a better fish than anything we had
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