The last installment for 2015 in the continuing saga of the Voyages of the Tin Guppy.
Once again the Lord has seen fit to treat this old sinner far better than I deserve and thanks to fishindoc and elderhappy I finally got up the gumption to drive down to Keller. Really glad I did. The roads and the ramp were a total none issue, clear and dry. Didn't even use 4WD at the launch. Had my son, grandson and one of his buddies along, first time I had fished with four in the Tin Guppy but it worked out pretty well. We only ran 3 rods, 2 with leaded line and one with braided line and a 5/8 ounce in line weight ahead of the dodger. Only found 2 kokanee and 8 RBT but the Kokes were bruisers and we had a couple of holdover bows. I don't know what the actual air temperature was but judging by how fast the ice built up on the guides I don't think anyone would doubt me if I said it was nippy. The water temperature was 44.5 and the fish seemed to be grouped up in pockets. When you found them you were busy but there were a lot of blank spots. Don't think we marked a single fish on the finder so they were up high and avoiding the boat. We ran the lines around 150 ft back . Once again the Orange Kekeda took more fish than everything else we tried but having a smiley blade in the front seemed make the difference for whatever we tried.
It was a darn good year for the first year with the Guppy and Roosevelt. Thanks to all the folks that have help out by posting, made a big difference for a new guy.
Hope you all have a great 2016!