A perfect day to end the year

Today was our last day of fishing for the 2023 season. Mitch and I left the dock at 6:45, heading to R 62. No ice broke today, but the water was still cold. Today’s weather was perfect. The max waves were about a foot, and the sun shone brightly. 

We got there before most of the other boats and noticed that most were headed to the cut channel. We wanted to avoid going so far, and we didn’t want to fight the crowd that was indeed there. What we could see from the far north convinced us we were as far south as we wanted. 

I lost one on the Purple People Eater rig, caught a 22-inch on the Chartreuse Roadrunner, and a nice fat 28 on the Colonial Heights rigs.

This is Mitch driving by mind control

High
LowAverage
Temperature53.8 °F31.8 °F41.8 °F
Dew Point45.9 °F31.0 °F38.8 °F
Humidity98 %74 %90 %
Precipitation0.00 in
HighLowAverage
Wind Speed6.9 mph0.0 mph0.7 mph
Wind Gust10.3 mph1.0 mph
Wind DirectionSSW
Pressure31.00 in30.90 in
Purple People Eater (our best lure)
Tequila Sunrise
Colonial Heights (2nd most productive)
This is how we run the roadrunner. We let the weight “bounce” the bottom
This is how we run our umbrella rigs from above