I was out yesterday for 5 hours. Got a late start because I forgot to plug in the battery on-board charger. Went out of Walnut to fish for steelies. Ran rapala max rap & floating rapalas long line up high. Tried 8-10 fow. Nothing. Tried deeper because I saw some surface activity in the 12-15 foot range. Got a hit on one rod, didn't jump just pulled short drag runs & stayed down. Thought I had a steelie that was playing me for a sucker. Imagine my surprise when I saw brown in the water. Nice 5.5 smallie. Put a third rod out right in the prop wash with a staysee. I knew if I got bit it might make for a mess with three lines out. But I wanted to know if it would work. Heard my spinning reel drag go off & the watched the rod go thumping. Light action rod moderate power figured it would absorb the short line trauma. I was shocked again when I saw brown in the water. It was a 5+ lb brown trout. My first brownie from lake erie. Never caught a steelie. Two bites two fish.
