06-13-2004, 04:03 AM
Well, newbie and I made it to Strawberry on Free Fishing Day. On my first cast I had over 100 fish, so it wasn't necessary to use the casting net again to get more minnows for bait. I can't imagine how many I would have gotten had I made a better throw --- the one I made wasn't one of my bettter efforts. First tried still fishing with minnows. Caught a couple nice cuts, and missed another one. Decided to go trolling. Minnows again were the hot ticket behind a small dodger. Missed four or five fish for every one that we caught. Should have used a stinger hook, but it would have been difficult, but not impossible with the small minnows. Also caught fish on Rapalas and Flat Fish. Newbie reeled in most of the fish and had a great day -- can't ask for much more.
[signature]
[signature]