Launched my boat at Mason Lake County Park (1st time at the lake), and discovered, much to my amazement, that the float had no tie up kelats on the boat launch side, they were installed, all on the other side. Plus, it's a long walk in hip boots from the parking lot acrossed the road, back to the boat launch. Mostly was testing out my 8 hp Honda outboard, after having a $1,000 fix of my carburetor, and water pump replacement at Defiance Boats. I noted a lot of fish, down around 40 feet, in the main part of the lake, with some really big targets showing up, about 2/3rds of the way down the lake, on the SW corner, which showed about 62 feet depth. Didn't get any bites, after using a black with silver speckle F7 flatfish, then switched to a black rooster tail with a small spinner blade, and drug it for about half a mile, with no bites either. The sun was out, it was about 80 degrees, and the wind kicked up to about 10 mph, making the lake a bit bumpy. Quit fishing at 2 PM, and headed back to the dock. At least it was a nice boat ride, as there was only two other boats out on the lake.

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