The family and I went on a 3 day camping fishing trip this past week to use of some of the time I was off from work. Went to a lake I grew up not far from and love fishing but rarely make it to, it's been 3-4 years since my last trip there. I'm hoping this time around will remind my wife why I like going there so much. We caught fish nonstop the entire time we were there and it's a really nice lake with nice campgrounds (minus the marauding raccoons that stole our hotdog buns and tried to break into our food totes the first night). Lake caught probably 2 dozen smallmouth without any assistance, my wife caught her biggest fish ever (although it unfortunately was a big ugly drum), Finn was a fish reeling in machine, and I managed to come up just short of my goal to hit 1,000 bass on the year before returning to work (986 so far). Ned rigs, jerkbaits, small paddletails, and a Menace on a swinghead were the best baits.

 

 

The Best of times!

 

 

 

 

Mike

So many great fish and even better memories ~

Nicely Done.

A-Jay

Awesome pics! That’s a lot of fish and a huge Drum!

Wow, Beatiful and productive family trip, wish more to come for you guys. Thanks for sharing. 

Nice job, looks like everyone was very busy and happy at the same time ??.

That’s some nice fish there! Looks like a heck of a trip! 

Awesome trip! Campground raccoons are a tricky bunch. We had one open a cooler and take a pound of bacon in the blink of an eye at the beach. 

So cool.  I can only dream about a place like that.  

Nice catches.