Before we start, I just want to let you know that the date on the pictures is wrong, the camera's date was not set. As you can see it's like three years off.
Once again, my brother and I teamed up for the LCI Father's Day Derby. Our target was Smallmouth Bass and the Champlain Islands were where we focused our attention. Saturday morning a storm front came through and poured rain on my Escape and the boat. Fortunately we had not launched already as some poor chaps had. They must have been soaked. For over an hour we waited out the storm until it finally broke around 5 a.m. Boat in the water, let the fun begin.
About two hours in, my brother boated this very nice Smallie.
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| 4.10 pound Smallmouth |
A great start to the derby. A four pounder in the livewell before the weigh stations even opened. So we weigh in the fish and go to head back out when my motor will not start. DEAD STARTING BATTERY! Well, to say that I was in a panic would be an understatement. So I switched the leads over to my deep cycle to get the motor started, and headed back to the launch. Two hours later, and after a trip to a local boat mechanic, it turns out that my starting battery is not taking a charge anymore, and it is not the voltage regulator or rectifier in the motor. Crisis averted, and $90 later we're back on the water with a new starting battery. Unfortunately, we couldn't stay where we wanted because of very high waves, so we were forced to move. We caught many other smaller fish, but nothing worthy of weighing in. End of Day 1.
Day 2 began with a check of the area we wanted to fish, but the waves were still too violent in that location, so we had to go to plan B. We caught many smaller fish throughout the day until I finally got ahold of a good sized Smallmouth on a Senko. The fish weighed in at 3.49 pounds, but unfortunately we overlooked taking a picture of it, so you'll have to take my word on that one. Back out on the water and as it started getting later in the evening, the wind died down and we decided to go back to our favorite fishing spot. This was a good decision as we bagged another three Smallmouth that weighed 3.0, 3.2, and 3.3 pounds. Weigh stations were closed for the night, so we decided to keep the largest two to weigh in on Monday. End of Day 2.
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| Devin with his 3.0 and 3.2 pound Smallies |
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| My 3.3 pound Smallie |
Day 3 saw us fishing a completely different area in the central part of the lake, and this was a bad move. We didn't get a bite all day. We were planning on weighing in our 3.2 and 3.3 pound fish, but for some reason we didn't and it was a bad decision. My brother would have been in second place in the coolwater angler of the year if we had weighed in our fish on the last day. Wouldn't have won anything, but it would have been nice to get the recognition. Oh well, we know what we did that weekend and that's enough for me. Well get em again next year. It was a fun weekend brother, and I look forward to fishing it again with you next year. Check out these beautiful fish.
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