Foggy Day on the Lake

    After a long cold snap and a ton of rain, we finally got a day worthy of a fishing trip.
I got the boat out and ready the day before.

Staged to put air in the tires of boat and truck

Ready to go!

    Camera keeping watch for the night...

Arlo on Duty!

    After seeing fog in the weather report, we decided to meet up later than usual to allow the fog to burn off. We met at about 830 at our usual place if we were putting in at Charleston. After a quick stop at Hammonds for some Bluebacks, we were ready to fish!

    Well, it turns out the fog wasn't going anywhere, anytime soon. We looked for fish around Charleston and Six Mile with no luck. From there we slowly worked our way over to Mary Alice and Bald Ridge. It was tough going as we only had about 20 feet of visibility! We decided to keep our speed to a minimum due to all of the rain leaving tons of debris throughout the lake. Any large log or board would have snuck up on us in that fog.

    Once we got to Blad Ridge (about 11:45), we tied up for lunch at Smokey Q's. By the time we finished up most of the fog was finally gone.

Dock at Bald Ridge Marina 

    We trolled some baits out the back throughout Baldridge and Mary Alice with no luck. We worked our way out and over to the Dam, nothing. By this time, it was getting late so we went back over to Six Mile and tried again, nada.

Leaving Bald Ridge with corks in tow.

     So it was a skunk for the day but it was great to be back out on the water. Jim took the helm to load the boat while I went for the truck.

Charleston Ramp