Arrived at 112th bright and early this morning and had my line in the water when it was still dark (this was about 6:25). Overall went 2/4 today. Left around 8:45.
Had my first hit on a #3 blue fox with a UV hoochie. I would hit it with my light, then throw it out. Unfortunately I lost my footing when I thought it was time to retreat to the bank to finally haul it in. I fell completely in the river leaving only my rod hand held out as I fell in, haha. Of course, when I stood back up I was greeted with a slack line. The only upside was nobody was there yet to witness this. The guys upstream/downstream of me probably thought it was just another fishing jumping.
When the light came out, the tide went slack and there was no current. By about that time started filing down to the bank. No current had me switching to a spoon, which I was jigging on the retrieve. Had a good hit and hauled in a nice size hen.
When the current picked up, I switched up to a drift set up and had a couple more hits, 1 of which I landed. The second hit came almost near shore. I thought I had just caught up on a rock, then next thing I know line started peeling and pulling, then it was off.
Bite died down after that so my Dad and I decided to pack it up. Cleaned up the fish, harvested the eggs (sorely needed by the way), and was on my home by 9:00am. Great morning!


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