It figures that someone other than me would catch the first fish in my new boat. Dale and I fished Liberty from about 4:30pm to 8:30. This was my first time on the lake in a boat so there was a lot of exploration to do. We started eastward from the launch, and trolled close to shore dragging various lures around. Towards the south end we hooked up with the first and only fish of the day. We didn't get a measurement, but I did get the weight. It was a healthy 2.3lb rainbow. We looped around the lake 1.5 times, then turned around and did the eastern shore for the third time on the way back to the launch. It was overcast, slightly raining, and occasionaly windy enough to make trolling a pain.

I WILL catch a fish from this boat. Grrr.

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