Wind forecast was good for sailing so that was the main goal yesterday. Last time I went sailing there was no wind. As the forecast was for 9mph winds I didn’t take a rod. Well fool me once etc, as they say.

This time I took a medium weight rod rigged with a shallow diving crankbait and a landing net. Well the sailing was great but it was a wet sail and I was getting cold so I decided to shelter and fish in one of the sheltered bays and troll for Bass / Pike. Well the fishing was as good as the sailing. After a few 10” Smallmouth Bass I hooked into something way more formidable. A Lake Coeur d’ Alene Northern Pike. Trolled a Rapala Bx Jointed Minow in Perch colors along the weed edges in 15ft of water.

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