A Korean exchange student and another PWF member, Roger Fankhauser, joined me fishing at Melody on Monday pm & all day Tuesday.

Monday was windy & cold, and my Korean friend was just learning the ropes.  (You could win money on America’s Funniest Videos with his attempts to net my first good bass.)  Still, we caught a few.

Roger joined us at the lodge Monday evening & we regrouped for Tuesday.  Good fishing day, even the exchange student was catching them like an old pro by the evening!

All told we caught about 30 bass, harvested 17.  I caught two 20 inchers, and between us we probably caught half a dozen 18 plus bass.

But we had several on that were likely bigger than 20 inches, including Roger’s big one that tangled in the fish basket, and another that I hooked near the boat house.  Unfortunately, there is a metal stake in the water nearby, and in my anxious attempts to keep the fish away from the danger zone I let the line go slack.  Just for a moment, but that’s all it took. 

We also caught and released 8 or 10 bluegill.

The lake is full & emergent weeds are growing everywhere.  We saw lots of surface action, both from bass & bluegill.  Prime territory for a flyrod & Brim Killer fly!  (Just don’t kill the brim…)  Water clarity was good, around 2 feet.

Bluegill are still spawning, but seems like the bass are done.  Shallow backwater areas were red hot just a few weeks ago, not any more.