First Wade Of The Season

Got my first set of chest waders this winter and I took them for my first outing of the season today. Went to a local stream near Kasson looking for smallie. Walked about a mile down stream and ran into a big surprize. I had the good fortune to play three nice sized northerns. All were between 20 and 24 inches. I had two of them close enough to land with a net, but I had no net. As I was eyeballing those teeth and guessing the odds of not being bit, they each gave a shake and ran off with my lure. For the third (and largest) one I had downsized somewhat to a jig with a twistertail. When I had him within about 4 feet he decided to take off and ran away with my jig and twistertail. I was disappointed that I didn’t see much in the way of smallies, but I sure had fun playing our these northern on my ultralite rig.
Oh yeah, my waders worked great too!!!

Hey Lew,

Sounds like fun! Thanks for the report.

Good Fishing,
Mike

Now theres a fun way to get out and catch some fish and works great if you don’t have a whole day to spend and you can have everything in your car/truck for a quick spur of the moment idea to go wet a line. I like to carry a rod and reel in my car for those qiuck needed fishing fixes. Thanks for the report Lew and for sharing a way we can all get out for a fishing adventure without having to drag the boat and everything with us. Thanks, Bill