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I’d never fished from a canoe prior to last weekend. Greg and I paddled it out for a few hours on Saturday. The wind was fairly strong and we managed to make it to the north side of the lake without doing much paddling. Fishing in that location was less than optimum so we headed to south lake, tied up to a tree and I temped the fishes with “Powerbait”,; Greg opted for a worm. While fishing, we could hear someone playing violin. Although lovely for us, I’m blaming the violin music for putting off the fish :-). Either that or the fish in Siltcoos Lake are too intelligent to succumb to the draw of Powerbait. Actually Powerbait is pretty bling, with it’s glittery goodness. Alas, after about 4 hours with no more than a nibble on Gregs worm, we called it quits and headed back to camp. Josie and Toby headed out in the canoe and Erin fished from the bank with similar success rate. Time to head back to camp and light up the fire.

Photos (L to R). Greg, sternside; Erin casting; Toby and Josie in the Canoe

The closest we got to any fish were spotting the rainbow trout minnows. As the saying goes, “a bad days fishing is better than a good day at work”. I do enjoy my job though!