We ran across the most prolific potlicker on Big Lake this morning.
We were the only ones on the lake, right before daylight.
I had the running lights on and we were drifting from East to West with the winds.
This guy in a new looking G3 1544 with a 25 Yahama on back ran up to us and set his trollling motor in the water and cut in front of us. Did I mention that were were the only ones on the lake???
So I put our trolling motor in the water and went around him. Next thing we know, he is back in front of us again. Cut us off one more time. We were not chasing any birds, we where just hoping to catch something before daylight.
So we cranked up and got about 1/4 mile from him.
When the sun just started coming up, there were 1000's of birds working all over Turners Bay.
We were fishing and catching some here and there and next thing you know, this same guy was coming back at us. He was so close he asked us what we were catching and what we were catching them on.
A nice 23 or 24 ft. Lake and Bay boat with 4 guys on it were fishing on the other side of him. 2 of them had fish on, so this guy runs his 500 Lb. thrust Minnkota between their boat and one of the fish that was on the line.
The guide or who ever was running the trolling motor said "you just don't have a clue do you"?
The old guy didn't cause he started talking about fishing. The guy explained to him how to fish birds and how not to cut people off, and how to not get between a fisherman and his fish when he is hooked up. He was very polite. The guy finally got a clue and moved off by himself.
He had to have the most powerful trollling motor allowed on a 15 ft. aluminum boat. He threw a wake almost as big as a pogie boat when he was moving.
It was a good trip, except I lost my dip net somewhere and it took so long to get the last few fish.
It was super fun to watch the trout coming out the water to hit the topwater lures. Some snuck up on us, but the rest showed off when taking it.
We prolly lost 20 or so that struck at them but missed.
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