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After much prodding I managed to talk Matt, yes, our very own Fish Explorer founder, into taking his boat out for an evening’s fishing.  I figured it might be prudent to start shaking things out, as the Horsetooth Full Moon open is only a few weeks off.  Time flies.

We launched at Satanka Bay, and thanks to Matt’s good winterizing job, the motor fired right up and everything checked out, leaving us with nothing to do but fish.  As this was his first outing of the year, sad but true as the site dominates his time, he figured he might be a tad rusty.  I must say wish that I was so rusty, and he’ll definitely be a force to contend with once he gets polished up.  Simply he saw two fish to my one all evening long.  The only suggestion I had for him was he might concentrate on the “big’ns” a bit more tournament night as most weight counts.  Yeah, I was a tad green.

While we didn’t knock’em dead, we managed fish consistently all evening and easily caught enough fish to have weighted five fish in the 14-16 inch class; maybe not enough to be a winner, but a respectable showing.  We didn’t find a consistent pattern, rather a fish or two most everywhere we cast a line.  So if you head up to the ‘tooth and don’t find fish right off, keep moving and changing up because they are there.  And frankly over the last week I haven’t found anywhere without a fish or two.

After last night, it was obvious to me that Matt’s earlier comments about being concerned about holding up his end are misplaced.  Rather the opposite, I’m wondering if I’ll be able to hold up mine!