![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon/biggrin.gif)
Geeze, ....You know, ....the older ya get, ....the faster time flies, ....(not that I'm admitting to anything here
![Laughing :lol:](./images/smilies/icon/lol.gif)
It seems like just yesterday I was chompin' at the bit to get the boat out on the water for the first time....
![Confused :?](./images/smilies/icon/confused.gif)
![Shocked :shock:](./images/smilies/icon/eek.gif)
![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon/biggrin.gif)
Anyways, ....that's not why I'm here, .....my sister think's I've been slackin' it all year, ....so I thought I'd share a little of what I've been up to with all of ya.....
![Wink :wink:](./images/smilies/icon/wink.gif)
The first fish of the year came in April, ......it's always nice to get that first fish jinx outta the way.....
![Cool 8)](./images/smilies/icon_cool.gif)
![Image](http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g25/bike2/laker.jpg)
The first "King", .....also came in April, .....from a little derby I was in....
![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon/biggrin.gif)
![Image](http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y178/bike1/014slammin.jpg)
Here's a few of the nicer fish that I welcomed aboard this year....
![Cool 8)](./images/smilies/icon_cool.gif)
![Image](http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y178/bike1/21br003.jpg)
![Image](http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y178/bike1/21br006.jpg)
![Image](http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g25/bike2/bronte004-1.jpg)
![Image](http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g25/bike2/006sq.jpg)
![Image](http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g25/bike2/001uncle.jpg)
![Image](http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g25/bike2/005probe.jpg)
![Image](http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g25/bike2/005squig.jpg)
I got a few steelies as well
![Image](http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y178/bike1/005boys.jpg)
![Image](http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y178/bike1/fishstock004.jpg)
![Image](http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y178/bike1/fishstock006.jpg)
I have always said that I'd never fish the lake solo, ....too much can go wrong,
![Confused :?](./images/smilies/icon/confused.gif)
![Rolling Eyes :roll:](./images/smilies/icon/rolleyes.gif)
Once I got bit by the trolling bug, ....it just seemed that nothing else interested me....
![Sad :(](./images/smilies/icon/sad.gif)
To make a long story short, ....I gave 'er a whirl a few times this year....
![Wink :wink:](./images/smilies/icon/wink.gif)
It was a learning experience, ....and not without it's "Gongs"
![Rolling Eyes :roll:](./images/smilies/icon/rolleyes.gif)
![Image](http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g25/bike2/003big.jpg)
Not the least of which was getting the, .... fish, ...camera, ...and sun to co-operate for a picture....
![Sad :(](./images/smilies/icon/sad.gif)
OOPS!!!
![Image](http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g25/bike2/003abig.jpg)
However I did manage a couple of good ones....
![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon/biggrin.gif)
![Image](http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g25/bike2/solo005.jpg)
![Image](http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g25/bike2/004big.jpg)
![Image](http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g25/bike2/probe008.jpg)
Most of my crews this year haven't fished salmon much, ...if at all, ....and I loved it when I managed to hook 'em up.....
![Wink :wink:](./images/smilies/icon/wink.gif)
![Image](http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y178/bike1/015slammin.jpg)
![Image](http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y178/bike1/21br008.jpg)
![Image](http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y178/bike1/fishstock003.jpg)
![Image](http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g25/bike2/006probe.jpg)
![Image](http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g25/bike2/004probe.jpg)
![Image](http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g25/bike2/003uncle.jpg)
![Image](http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g25/bike2/008squig.jpg)
![Image](http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g25/bike2/004squig.jpg)
![Image](http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g25/bike2/008sq.jpg)
![Image](http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g25/bike2/003br.jpg)
![Image](http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g25/bike2/001b.jpg)
I even managed to drag the boy's and a couple of their friends away from the usual "priorities" for a couple of trips....
![Image](http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g25/bike2/002credit.jpg)
![Image](http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y178/bike1/004boys.jpg)
![Image](http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g25/bike2/bronte003-1.jpg)
Mike had terrible luck this year, ....lost three nice fish, ....one on a rigger tangle,
![Mad :x](./images/smilies/icon/mad.gif)
![Crying or Very Sad :cry:](./images/smilies/icon/cry.gif)
![Embarrassed :oops:](./images/smilies/icon/redface.gif)
![Image](http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y178/bike1/002boys.jpg)
And finally to close, ...I was lucky enough to be a guest on a few of my Bud's boats as well....
![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon/biggrin.gif)
![Image](http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y178/bike1/003dal.jpg)
![Image](http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y178/bike1/005dar.jpg)
![Image](http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y178/bike1/fishstock018.jpg)
I didn't mean the pic overload,
![Shocked :shock:](./images/smilies/icon/eek.gif)
![Laughing :lol:](./images/smilies/icon/lol.gif)
It's not entirely my fault though, ..... I got frustrated a couple of times earlier in the year when I tried to put up a report....
![Mad :x](./images/smilies/icon/mad.gif)
It was a fun experience, ....I still got a lot of learning to do with this stuff, but it is an addiction
![Shocked :shock:](./images/smilies/icon/eek.gif)
![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon/biggrin.gif)
![Sad :(](./images/smilies/icon/sad.gif)
![Wink :wink:](./images/smilies/icon/wink.gif)
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