Finally broke the streak.

[pin smelt]

I haven't caught a fish for the last two hardwater seasons.  Finally broke the skunk run, a nice, fat 21", 3.5 lb (gutted) salmon.  Yeah Baby!

[Out4Trout]

Great way to end the skunk. Nice Salmon. 

[Jim_C.]

Nice.  Looks like you jigged it, too!

[BoneHead]

salmon with a rod. Very nice.

[Old Crow]

That's gotta make you feel good!

[lindenborn]

Nice fish!!

[Fish Monger]

nice, great fish to beat the skunk-monkey!!!

[pin smelt]

Thanks.  It was a great morning Saturday.  I started off late, got to the boat launch at 8:30, met a buddy of mine who was leaving cause he had to take his son to a ball game.  Hussled out to the group and dropped a deep jig in the left hole for togue and fished shallow jig in the right hole for salmon.  Another buddy of mine was 10 feet over fishin his holes.  Half hour later, I got hammered in the deep hole, horsed him up, saw him swim by (togue) and was totally bummed when the pimple popped outa his mouth.  Well I got that out of my system.  Dropped the pimple back down to the bottom, two jigs later, BAM!  A nice 15" togue, released it and washed the slime off my hands, I love fish slime.  Ten minutes later, thought I hooked the ice on the right, couple more jigs, hit the ice again, weird; couple more jigs BA-BAM! Fish on!  Ten minutes later salmon ooutta the hole!  Yeah Baby!  My buddy ten feet over couldn't believe it.  He'd been there since 6:30, nuthin' to show for it  .  Another friend was on the ice with us, he caught a little smaller salmon and then, an hour or so later hooked another.  He let his son reel it in, it fought for a good ten minutes but popped off under the ice.  I saw it swim by the hole a couple of times, nice salmon, looked longer than the one I iced.  I felt bad for the kid.  We'll have to get him out there again for another chance.

Now its all I can do to concentrate on work  .  Keepin' an eye out for the dropping pressure and overcast skies before the storm, gears in the car, headin back out (this time with the tourney card) to get another one.

[fshnfool]

Nice salmon.....even better on the jig!!......WTG......

[thebrain]

Nice fish I need to get the game fish monky off my back.

[Bugman1964]

Good One!!!

[pooley]

awesome on the jig rod!!! way to end the skunk!!

[cdc]

Sweet salmon man...On the jig rod to boot.
 Thanks for giving the story line on how you caught too..
Post it in the Maine awards boards under salmon.

[pin smelt]

March is my favorite time of year to be out jiggin up the silvers.  Nothin' like gettin a little sun and the excitement of a strike.  I'm usually zoning on auto-jig-pilot after a half hour, or talkin to a fishin' buddy about somethin (like when do you think the strike will happen) when BAM, back to task at hand!  

I've got another rig where I take a couple of wine corks, glue em together to make a reel seat.  Drill it to stick in the top half of a lightweight fly rod, and jig with a hand tied weighted smelt pattern.  The fight on that set up is phenominal!  The rod is bendin and the reel is singing!  I gotta get back out there, I'm gettin excited just thinkin about it.  

[pin smelt]

Thanks CDC.  I didn't have my tourney card with me on the ice.   Its in the pack for the next silver though.

[jimmyclaude]

Happy for ya pin!

[maine800]

great job pin nice fish!

[rich81]

congrats and nice story. i would be pumped too!!

[slt]

TWO YEARS WITHOUT A FISH??? Way to stay with it brother....

[pin smelt]

TWO YEARS WITHOUT A FISH??? Way to stay with it brother....

Sad but true.  I never did here the fat lady sing  .  I tell ya I had the shakes somethin awful (helps when your jiggin though).