Priceless

What was supposed to be a day off turned into an afternoon of fishing when Vasyl booked a last minute trip. He wanted to bring his family out for a few hours and I prepped the boat for a 12:30 meet. I just knew they would have a great time!

Vasyl, Iryne and their two sons, Tim & Paul joined me as we headed out on the water. After a long run to our spot, I set everything up for a troll. With the sun, heat and lack of wind, I also raised the roof for a little more relief. It was definitely another hot one!

Within minutes of lines in, the first reel fired and they were soon on the board with a decent sized pike. Seconds later, another reel went off and number two was also landed. The kids were having a blast catching big fish and when the third reel fired, I made sure Iryne had a turn. Number 4 also fired and the parents were into another double. To my surprise, they had a pike & a largemouth. Great mixed bag!

We had so much action going on that there was very little time to relax. If we weren’t hooked up on one fish every couple of minutes, it was a double or triple. Vasyl even managed to boat a big walleye that was released after a few pics. Reels were firing so much that there were times when I had two lines out of the water with fish landed that it didn’t matter. Before I could get them back in, another fish was on!

What was scheduled as a 4 hour trip turned into half that when they decided they had caught enough. Never in their wildest dreams did they expect to catch so many fish in such a short time. I can only imagine how many they would have landed, if we had of continued fishing!

I packed everything up and took the long way back to the docks to give them a little more boating time. They were just happy to be on the water. It was such a relaxing day that their youngest fell asleep on the ride back. I guess he wore himself out with all the big fish he caught! Priceless!