07-26-2007, 08:11 PM
My two bosses were in town from Pennsylvania over the week of the 24th and had requested a "team outing/meeting" somewhere that they could catch a fish. It would be for the 2 of them, me and my two local team members, so 5 of us total. I came up with an itinerary that included Strawberry Reservoir on my boat (the family boat) with lunch at Daniels Lodge afterwards. They purchased their one day out of state fishing licenses on line and I told them I would furnish everything else they needed, including the fishing poles, lures, bait and anything else they might need.
We left in a rainstorm from the Red Lobster at 5:00 a.m. (Wednesday 25th) and were launching my 24 foot boat at Strawberry around 6:15 or so. Conditions at the ramp were very calm, no rain, partly cloudy and very warm. The weather cooperated the whole morning and we saw zero wind and very little rain during the morning outing, and when it did sprinkle, the fishing REALLY turned on! We could see some rainstorms to the south of us, but they never made it our way, so we fished in calm conditions all morning. We had multiple doubles, a triple and even a quadruple hookup, which happened to be during a sprinkle of rain. I only fished for the first hour or so, then put the pole away and just assisted my guests for the rest of the morning by taking pictures, keeping their jigs baited, unhooking fish, releasing fish, etc. Even my 2 local co-workers caught fish, but my bosses caught more than anyone else. A total of 49 fish were caught, and out of those, only 4 were caught by me before I put my pole away to help everyone else catch fish. They caught on to the casting/jigging technique very quickly and within about 1/2 hour after anchoring a healthy fish count competition was under way! One of the fish caught was a big Rainbow (which came home for dinner) and each fisherman, including myself, was able to catch a fish over 22". We kept 2 of the large Cutts, one that went 23.5 inches and one that went 22.5 inches. The original plan was to leave the water by 9:30 to make it back to the office by noon, but 9:30 came and nobody wanted to leave and everyone was still catching fish, so we stayed till 11:00. We just extended the "meeting" a little bit.
Here are a few pics. I was really really REALLY glad that the fish were cooperating Wednesday morning, and my guests all had a great time. We took plenty of pictures for them to take back to PA with them.
Randy
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We left in a rainstorm from the Red Lobster at 5:00 a.m. (Wednesday 25th) and were launching my 24 foot boat at Strawberry around 6:15 or so. Conditions at the ramp were very calm, no rain, partly cloudy and very warm. The weather cooperated the whole morning and we saw zero wind and very little rain during the morning outing, and when it did sprinkle, the fishing REALLY turned on! We could see some rainstorms to the south of us, but they never made it our way, so we fished in calm conditions all morning. We had multiple doubles, a triple and even a quadruple hookup, which happened to be during a sprinkle of rain. I only fished for the first hour or so, then put the pole away and just assisted my guests for the rest of the morning by taking pictures, keeping their jigs baited, unhooking fish, releasing fish, etc. Even my 2 local co-workers caught fish, but my bosses caught more than anyone else. A total of 49 fish were caught, and out of those, only 4 were caught by me before I put my pole away to help everyone else catch fish. They caught on to the casting/jigging technique very quickly and within about 1/2 hour after anchoring a healthy fish count competition was under way! One of the fish caught was a big Rainbow (which came home for dinner) and each fisherman, including myself, was able to catch a fish over 22". We kept 2 of the large Cutts, one that went 23.5 inches and one that went 22.5 inches. The original plan was to leave the water by 9:30 to make it back to the office by noon, but 9:30 came and nobody wanted to leave and everyone was still catching fish, so we stayed till 11:00. We just extended the "meeting" a little bit.
Here are a few pics. I was really really REALLY glad that the fish were cooperating Wednesday morning, and my guests all had a great time. We took plenty of pictures for them to take back to PA with them.
Randy
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I used to N.ot have E.nough T.ime O.ff to go fishing. Then I retired. Now I have less time than I had before. Sheesh.
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