Had a great time this year at the L.A.K.E Fall Camp & Paddle! We had an awesome turn out as well as good food. Watch the blog for the Low Country Boil recipe!
The launch was a little muddy but very accessible!
We even let the Bass boats in!
Darian in Chill mode.
Dave Man of the Year
Dave, Jerry, Cameron, Walt
View from camp.
Everyone enjoying the food and friendship.
My bounty from the raffle, a handmade lure already looking good on my office wall.
Hey guys, it has been a while. I have been fishing but there has been a long-standing skunk so I had no motivation to post! I had some family in from Wisconsin last week so I set a day aside for some fishing. The remainder of the days, we played golf at Bears Best and Lanier Islands courses.
After stopping for some bait on the dam, we were on the lake by 8. We left East Bank and headed to the first cove on the right for some trolling. No fish were marked so I ran up to Shoal Creek to meet up with a friend of mine who was out on his kayak fishing. He was marking lots of bait but I did not mark any fish so I left him to it and headed over to the Island. We checked out the golf course from the boat and watched a few tee offs. Definitely a different perspective from the water!
By then it was just about time for lunch so I ran up to Pig Tales for some ribs and brisket. Yum!
Here is a shot of Jim making friends with one of the local pups!
From there we headed back towards the dam for an early day of it. We decided to troll the last bit in and lucked into a couple fish! Jim got a Striper and I got a cat. That made for a great day on the water!
In the works...
My local Camp and Paddle is coming up, watch for a post soon!
The annual Bear Island trip was canceled due to the recent hurricane :( We are looking for an alternative!
After the Camp & Paddle, I had just over a week to pack and head up to NC for a private tournament/get together with friends. I stayed from May 2-7 and had a blast.
The boat did great on the drive up. I was worried about the T-top on the freeway so I strapped it down on all 4 corners to relieve some of the stress from the winds. Everything held up and it was as tight as when I left.
The boat also did great with gas and battery life over the next few days. I fished almost every day as well as on trip up to the Dam on the VA end and the trolling motor was still going strong the day I took the boat out for the trip back. I used about 3/4 of a tank of gas. Most of that was from the trip to the dam and back as most of my fishing is trolling.
We caught some Bass, Cats, and Brim for bait but no Stripers this year. Actually, on tournament day we skunked! The tournament was a one-day event this year due to people not being able to make it early enough for Saturday and Sunday fishing.
This year's winners were...
Steve (Rays Army buddy) - Biggest bass
Dan - Biggest Catfish Sorry, no pic but here is Dan LOL
Storm rolls in on our last day to fish so we headed back to shore....
Steve catching a Cat on his ultralight while trying to catch Brim for bait....
It was great seeing everyone again and I can not wait until next year to do it again.
Well, it was that time of the year again. My local kayak group gathered at Bald Ridge Campground for another Camp & Paddle.
It was a good time. Fishing was slow for me as the wind was a challenge. I picked up Bluebacks in hope to get on some Stripers. Most of those either perished or were let loose.
Saturday we all gathered and had a cookout. As usual, the food and company were outstanding.
Trolling Bluebacks
Did the campsite up right!
Grilling some hot wings on the WeberQ
Here are some pictures from some of the other members...
Greg (yakdawg) focused on the Crappie bite....
Louis (solaregg) caught a few....
Dana (greytdanadane) got a variety!
Mat (myoung) caught and cooked!
Thanks to all for participating and making some great food! I am looking forward to the next one!
