I guess it is time for a bass report on here, so a friend and I headed out to a small lake up by Bancroft later Saturday afternoon to catch a few. Problem was, halfway into the lake we found out the road was washed out. After we got turned around, it was time for Plan B. Go to another lake I always wanted to try. I'd been there in the winter on the trails but never driven there by road. I think I took a left turn at Albuquerque and ended up where we started. Now it was starting to get dark and it was time for Plan C- drive out and go back down and take the lower road to Lingham Lake.
After this winter, the trial has been beaten up pretty good and Johnson hole was deep, especially in the dark towing a trailer with the 4-wheeler in it. Some of the rocks seemed to have grown as well with the dirt getting washed away on the hilly sections. But the Xterra was up for it and after grinding off a few coats of paint here and there and sanding down the brakes with some nice muddy water we were in around 11:00. We got set up and had a fire going and a cold beverage in hand with the lake only a few feet away. The neighbours came over for a chat to see what the heck we doing coming in so late. We told our story and quite a few more were told after that. I'm not really sure what time we finally got to sleep.
As for the actual fishing part, we probably started a little later in the morning than we planned, but we still did alright. We boated probably 15 bass between 1-3 lbs but no real biggies in a couple of hours. I don't think we really fished that hard though. After a nice lunch of venison sausage, we packed up and headed back down the trail. That's the great thing about going fishing, you never know what kind of Adventure it'll turn into.
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. Sounds like a great adventure!!