Frenchman's Bay

First yak trip of the year. Decided to whip together the live sonar quickly without proper wiring so I can test it out. It is a real useful tool. I saw fish in places I'd never in a million years think to cast and managed to get a few follows, bites and even 1 to the net. It is however, a lot more heavy gear to pack and set up so I'm hoping to get my money's worth out of it this year.

This guy put up a good fight

Fish

PB pike, put up a great fight #catchnrelease

I was lied to by the weather app. Would have liked to have the motor had I known the actual conditions. Hopped down to the bay, half expecting a skunk. I just wanted to cast my newly tied dragon tail streamer for some pike. Expecting some calm at 8am, there were instead a few white caps with the gusts. On the way to the southern shore, I blind casted a swimjig in the shallow weedy area as I pedaled forward, hoping to bump into a pike. Surprisingly a decent largie came out of an inconspicuous spot. I flipped a Texas senko into some pads and a large fish smacked it. Took me by surprise and I didn't get a good hookset. Lost that one. Threw the fly in the only sheltered calm area and saw a huge salmon follow it and lose interest. Would have been an insane fight on the fly rod. Got 1 more nice largie from a know structure with some pads nearby. Tossed the Texas senko right on top of him. Lost another largie on a long cast after it dove into the lilypads after getting hooked. Thought I'd be able to jam my yak into the pads but he gave me the slip after lodging the hook into the vegetation.