I had the opportunity to take out a client of mine, his brother-in-law and a business partner and share with them the thrill of fishing with planer boards and deep diving crank baits.
We launched at 7:30am and headed out to the mud flats in some light rain. We made it out to our spot and put down our lines. It finally was nice to troll with 4 lines and we had the ability to put out 3 planer boards.
After a short 15 minutes of trolling, we got our first hook up 
on a deep diving tail dancer – bleeding tiger on the outside planer board.
Mike (my business partner) grabbed the rod and claimed this fish! I thought the client should go first but there was no stopping Mike! 
He was determined to catch this fish!
After a nice battle to the boat, we netted her – a 25 incher.
Great way to start out the day! 
We got the lines back out again and continued our troll run. 15 minutes later BANG – we got another hook up on the same line. Doesn’t it always seem like one rod catches the majority of the fish…
The board was thrusting back and forth in the water giving us the hope that this may be even a bigger fish.
This time I made sure that the client (Kevin) got the rod and told Mike to sit down 
The rod was a pumpin and you could see that there were some serious head shakes goin’ on down there. Finally the big gal came to the surface and we were able to net it. 28.5 Inches!!! Way to Kevin! I guess Mike learned his lesson that he should have left that first fish alone!
As you can see in the picture above, this fish was heavy and very healthy! She viciously attacked the deep diving tail dancer and all I could see was the lip of the crankbait coming out of her mouth.
We snapped some great pics and released her.
About an hour later – the long line clicker went off but was soon silent. 
I’m always thinking what could I have done different but I guess sometimes they just get off…
An hour later – the hot rod goes off again. Jeff you’re up! Thanks for being patient!!! After a good fight, Jeff landed a nice 24 incher that was tagged by the DNR. This was the 4th one that I’ve caught that has been tagged. It’s pretty cool to report this to the DNR (date of catch, length and where you caught it). The DNR will send you a history report of the fish including when it was tagged, how long it was and where it was tagged. I caught one last year one month after it was tagged it traveled 6 miles to where I caught it.
Then the sun came out, the winds died down and it was like glass out there. Everytime this happens – the action slows down.
We pulled up our cranks and decided to make a move around 1pm. After running about 1.5 miles, we got the hot rod down first and BANG! Right away we get a hook up!
Right away I’m thinking why didn’t we move sooner!
Mike was back up – he thought we should now stay in the “rotation”.
This was a great fighting fish and I thought maybe we had another big female. After a nice battle – we netted it and it was another 24 incher. The fish was hooked on top of the head and thus the reason why she put up such a great fight.
Time now is about 2:30 and we only got another 15 minutes before we have to head in. Once again, I’m feeling pressure 
5 minutes later – yep the hot rod goes off again! 
This fish came to the surface right away showing that it was under the slot. A 20 inch eater! Perfect – my client decided to keep it for dinner!
We ended the day around 3pm and we caught 5 fish (20, 24, 24, 25, 28.5) and lost two others.
All and all a great day on the water – catching some nice fish with some great people.
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