A half day trip to the big water on the busiest day of the year could have been more trouble than fun. However, the boat ramps were used efficiently and it appeared all went well. After helping a family with a dead battery, I was off to prepare for my next two groups of clients early next week.
It was fun. I think that I caught three stages of fish: prespawn, spawning, and post spawn. I accomplished this by moving a few miles north/south to find the different conditions. The biggest fish was a 20.5 incher that I did not weigh as I wanted to get it back in the water ASAP.