High Adventure on the Famed RUFUS WOODS.
Launched at Bridgeport corps boat launch around 10:30ish, and Went up to the pens to start fishing. No current at the pens, flat water, And slow fishing. Several boats throughout the afternoon, but most of them gave up and hunted for more productive fishing holes. Temps in mid 30s , with partly cloudy skies, Nice fishing day.
We were using the usual, imitation minnows, and nymphs, with sporadic success. Tried several other offering during the trip but these weren't producing any better results. Ended up keeping a limit each on Sunday. Will try to send pic this post.
As the sun was getting behind the mountain,and the temps starting to fall, we decided to head down the lake now that we had our limit. Great day under the belt, so we fired up the engine to head out, But it was not to be. There was a strong smell of burnt rubber and a squealing like a hog farm, and RPMs tached out. The engine coupler had spun out, therefore no torque is transferred to the prop. WOW, 20 plus miles to go and lucky for us we have a 9.9hp High Thrust Yamaha kicker. NO SWEAT, at a blazing 5 1/2 - 6mph we head off to Bridgeport. Lucky us there was no head wind and the moon was out (most of the time). Sure glad me and wiffee get along so well. So we hook up some lighting, turn on the nav lights, and break out the propane heater and enjoy a nice quite crawl down lake. It could have so much worse that we made the best of it and pulled the boat out of the water a little after 9:00 PM. All in All another good day on the water.
Hope to get back on the water in a couple of weeks, because the bite is only getting better.
Good fishing, tight lines, And thank God for Kickers.