Drano Lake ... the place to be this spring?

Now I feel less bad for missing it.  My wife was sick this weekend, and since I'm away for work from Thurs-Sunday, I decided to stay close to home and rack up some points by focusing on house chores.  Still, sounds like you guys had a good time on the water.

With the #'s building, I'm betting that the fishing will really pick up late this week and early next.  Hmm, I've got some vacation coming up....

Hey Z, you're famous. 

I just saw this on IFish.net

Re: Anyone Fishing a Drano

Originally Posted by Lure Dragger View Post
I have to add one thing. There were 4 people out on Drano trolling from cayacks. Has anyone ever seen these guys catch a fish? One had a little 12" net. Iy would have to be a real rodeo to say the least to watch him try to land a salmon.

I would have paid money to watch the guy in the kayak try to net a springer with that butterfly net!

You might want to log in over at IFish and show them a Moutcha fish picture or two to satisfy their curiosity.
http://www.ifish.net/board/showthread.php?p=1962399#post1962399

Hey Z, you're famous. 

I just saw this on IFish.net

Re: Anyone Fishing a Drano

Originally Posted by Lure Dragger View Post
I have to add one thing. There were 4 people out on Drano trolling from cayacks. Has anyone ever seen these guys catch a fish? One had a little 12" net. Iy would have to be a real rodeo to say the least to watch him try to land a salmon.

I would have paid money to watch the guy in the kayak try to net a springer with that butterfly net!

You might want to log in over at IFish and show them a Moutcha fish picture or two to satisfy their curiosity.
http://www.ifish.net/board/showthread.php?p=1962399#post1962399

Already did!

-Allen

My NWKA bruddahs got my back! Thanks guys. Funny how people react to seeing something new. Then again netting w/ that thing @ Moutcha was totally funny. I'd only get half of of the fish in the net and then have to tail 'em.

Was a really good trip (Pole, Espiga you my dawgs) and awesome to meet more of the NWKA members. A really fun time on the water and just wish we could have hooked a few chinooks to round it all out. But it looked like it wasn't in the cards for anyone last weekend. That was a hell of a skunking. Sure it's gonna get nutty from here on out but I'd like to get back there again.

Z

Should tell 'em what you bought with the hundred bucks you didn't have to spend on gas..

I would have been happy to take his money and his fish, but I didn't hear the big mouths offer while I was out there.  Some of those boat guys can be pretty condecending. Most I "chatted with" seemed nice enough, if skeptical, but there we many just shaking their heads as they cut me off on their troll. Must be the fumes.  

And for the record, my net was 18", but I had a tailer, landing glove and club .  If I got a hatchery one to the boat he was mine!

Better yet..PolePole was there, maybe he should respond with a Salmon Shark picture.

In Moucha it was fun seeing faces of doubt change to awe and frustrations was sweet.  I heard one guest on a charter say to his friend but directed in large part to the guide, after seeing several yakers catch several fish to his none, "maybe we should rent some kayaks next year."  As Zee says, differences and change can be hard.

It was fun hanging with Zee and Pole as well as meeting the rest of the fellows. 

Here are some pictures...no fish...

That's what I forgot to do --take more pictures

Just wanted to say it was great meeting the bruddahs out at Drano this last weekend and sorry I missed the campfire on Sat. night.

What I won't miss is that blasting wind and the way it could come from several directions at once!

I think "Events" like Drano are way cool and hope we don't wait til Moucha before we have another.

Rob.

Sorry to hear about the bad conditions and more importantly no fishies...

It would have been way cool to meet you guys but at a 6 hour drive one way, im glad i didn't make it..

my boat looks so lonely on the beach without me ...probably even cried to pole, espiga or Z to take it with them as they paddled off...... ..

It was nice meeting/fishing again with you guys!

I was going to head back to the MC this morning but when I got up it was dead calm and sunny.  I hit the lake around 9 with my son and we spent the next 4 hours or so trolling.  Wind came up really good around noon and so did the bite.  I saw 4 fish boated in the last hour but had to get going.  All 4 were on Wiggle Warts in various shades of red and orange. 
Even without a fish, it was time well spent.  My 5 y/o refused to go in even in the heaviest wind and rain.  He wanted another big fish bad!

Thought some folks might like to see what Drano looks like so here's a few more "no fish" pics.  I still had a great time regardless.  You'll notice that Saturday looked mich nicer than Sunday.

scott,
thanx for the pics.. i meant to do the same but flubbed it 2 days in a row.....

scott,
thanx for the pics.. i meant to do the same but flubbed it 2 days in a row.....

im the worst for doing this.And to think i actually wanted to be a professional photographer at one time..

LMAO, Roy, you oughtta meet my cousing Brian the professional fire fighter... he went into the navy as a photographic intel weenie, with a photog's "billet", was assigned to the Ranger, and ended up parking airplanes for a living.. he forgets his camera a lot too....