Newton 1-20-25

[SkunkedAgain]

Well I debated back and forth about where to go, and since I had just put together a new smitty that is kind of heavy and was totally unproven, I didn't want to get too far from home, plus my wife is watching the twin grand daughters and I didn't know if I might be called home to help... So wanted to stay close on thicker ice...  Well, 2 degree temp and 10 mph winds didn't make for a warm trip especially since I didn't have a tent...  Set up by dam to start and didn't see much, finally had a nice fish take it and as I tried to reel I figured out everything from the supposed to slip bobber on was frozen... Ended up losing that one and it was by far the best fighter of the day...  At Newton the sun doesn't peak around the mountain until about nine and just about the time I was frozen near defeat and ready to call it a day very early, the sun came up and saved my trip...  Ended up moving back to the other side of that bay where it wasn't quite as windy and first drop it was fish on, one after another for about twenty minutes... Only problem was, the biggest was 7.5" and smallest was probably 3" if it was that big... I couldn't even feel it after the strike... Total minnow fest.  I'm not sure how many I got but sure it was at least half a dozen maybe more, they were so unmemorable that I lost count quickly only had two over seven.. most were sub 4".... So the skunk was broken, but I'm not sure that counts, I still feel sort of defeated...  New smitty works, but had several findings that needs improvement.. Hopefully it will do better next trip... I'll see if I can find a few pix on the monsters and post later... J