The summer catfish action was fun. They love them sucker and fathead minnows, and give you a good run when "fish on!"
Dad wrangled in a bunch of 5-10 pounders, and Josiah dragged in the biggest of the year at 26", 12 lbs.
We love the toothy Northerns. They hit hard with attitude all the way to shore and a number of them got away right at the end (one with a fav lure). Josiah landed his first at 21', 3.5 lbs, and Dad had his share throughout the season averaging 3-7 lbs. Not bad for our spot.
We got some decent crappies and Walleyes when the water got a little cooler. The biggest was a 11.5" crappie and a 21" eye. Here is one of our crappies. Josiah was also stoked to get his first Wally at 15", 1 lb.
The day at Twin Lake dock was blog-worthy. We got the usual bass, sunnies, crappies. Then ... ... we accidently hooked a good-sized and grouchy snapping turtle! We managed to free him without losing any fingers or toes, but he hung around for more minnows, so the kids named him "Snappy." Siri got this shot after we let him go.
That's it for fall/summer. We may do the ice-fishing thing, ... If we hit the big one, it will be the next post.
Peace and Aloha.