2019 RV/Boat

A week ago while on the vacation cruise, Kathy complained about the dirty, ratty looking USA flag on the boat.  We happened to be near a marine store at Petoskey so I replaced that ratty old flag.  Unfortunately, it appears the new flag didn't travel nearly as many miles as the boat did last week.  I just noticed the flag staff was void of my new flag.  Another donation to Davy Jones Locker.

Anyway, once again, Saturday morning found the flags snapping in the "breeze".

I took a walk along the harbor channel to take a look at the conditions.  It really didn't look all the nasty as Big Sable Point tends to protect the near shore waters near Ludington harbor during a north wind.  Boats were trolling near shore and in the channel as the north winds blew away the warm surface waters bringing salmon near shore.

As I walked along the channel, this angler landed a nice salmon.  He was casting a Little Cleo spoon.

My boat stayed tied to the dock.  Conditions need to be real nice for me to go out.  Fuel is just too costly to go out on the lake and be tossed around by the wind and waves trying to catch a fish. 

The kids came up and we spent the afternoon browsing the craft/art fair in the park downtown.  While there, we ran into Kathy's cousin Deb at the show.  That was a surprise.  They wandered down to the marina in the evening and we all had a nice visit.

Sunday morning saw calm winds so we headed out the channel at dawn accompanied by dozens of our fellow fishermen.

Just a short distance outside the pier, Kathy takes the helm so I can get lines in the water.

And in short order, we have one, then two, then three fish on.  Brian and Shanna handled the action as we landed all three fish.

Unfortunately, that was the end of the action as the sun rose and the fish scattered.

After a couple hours, we ran back to port and headed to the fish cleaning station for a few pictures...

...and the dirty work of cleaning the catch.

All in all, a successful weekend.  With the current weather and water conditions, it will only get better in the coming weeks.  We just need the weatherman to help us out on the weekends.