Last Outing Of The Year

[slonezp]

Next Tuesday I will be having surgery on my left shoulder. 6 months recovery time, so I should be ready just in time for the spawn. Decided to pack up and head up to Door County with my son in hopes to catch some zombie kings(king salmon ready to spawn and die) Stopped at BPS and grabbed a 2 day Great Lakes license and on we went. Arrived in Sister Bay at 7pm on the water at 7:30. Not a salmon in sight. I've been doing this trip for 30 years and I have caught the skunk more than once but never, in all the years have not even seen a zombie king. Until this year. None whatsoever. Got to have something to do with the warm summer and lack of rain is my guess. Water temp is still almost 60 degrees and almost dead calm. Anyway, we started casting cranks and rattletraps in the hopes of hooking into a big king. After 20 minutes, fish on. Not the brown fish we were looking for, but It'll do LOL. This would be my only bite of our 24hr trip.

My son picks up 1 right away and loses a slob of a fish

Picks up one more shortly after and loses another

We figure 3 for 5 in 2 hours, Tomorrows gonna be awsome...Not so. Launched in Sister Bay at around 7:30am and found nothing but a small school of whitefish. The wind started calm but was steadily picking up. Put the boat back on the trailer around 9 and headed down to Sturgeon Bay. He pulled a nice one off Larsons Reef, that had a golfball sized abscess or wound on its belly. Winds were soon blowing 20 and we took water over the bow. Time to get moving.

Headed back to the flats in the ship canal but not another bite. Made the 5hr trek home.

[A-Jay]

Nice job and way to salvage the trip.

Hope your surgery goes smoothly and you mend well.

Six months is a fairly lengthy rehab - good Luck

A-Jay

[slonezp]

Went thru similar surgery a couple years ago. Last time rotator cuff, this time cartiadge and whatnot.. Gonna winterize the boat tomorrow and detail it.. If all goes well, a new boat for next season, and I'll have to sell this one.

[Tuckahoe Joe]

nice fish man. good luck with your surgery.

[Bluebasser86]

Good luck with your surgery. My buddy just had to have surgery on his shoulder right before bow season and the fall bite, not fun but at least it will be better than it was once it heals up.