I took James down to Redding this past weekend to, among other things, mooch a guided fishing trip from gramma and grandpa. The mooching paid off and we found some good kokanee trolling on Whiskeytown.
The trip also provided an opportunity for me to test the towing capacity on my new grocery-getter. Grandpa’s boat weighs in at 3500 pounds or so on the trailer and my baby SUV pulled it nicely…
The fish were biting well as most boats in the area were catching fish. That, combined with the fact that Ernie is absolutely the Kokanee Killer, and it didn’t take long before James was wearing his arms out…
After the first dozen or so, the skipper DID finally let us deckhands reel in a few….
Grandpa’s boat is faster than dad’s, as you can see by the kid’s hair…
Now, time for the work to begin. There’s only room at THAT table for 2. I had to stand back taking pictures and drinking beer (I figured it was the least I could do)!…
I can do this but I’m at about a 3 fish per hour pace. They would have rotted by the time I was done!
Looks like dinner…
Here is a video for anyone interested. The GoPro was running for 3 hours. I trimmed it down to 13 minutes. If you don’t want to watch the whole thing, the “meat and potatoes” (or, at least the meat) starts right at the 10 minute mark…
