DaleHollowTroller (US)

 HAPPY NEW YEARS EVERYONE......I THOUGHT I WOULD USHER IN THE NEW YEAR CHASING SOME RAINBOWS AROUND DHL.IT'S ABOUT 2 HOURS FROM HOME,SO WE (ME AND MY P.I.C. TONY)SNUCK OUT AROUND 5 AM AFTER ABOUT TWO HOURS SLEEP.WE DRIVE PAST 5 LAKES ON OUR WAY TO DALE HOLLOW.THE TRIP DIDN'T QUITE GO AS PLANNED AND I ALMOST DIDN'T GET TO WET A LINE.ABOUT 50 MILES FROM THE LAKE WE RAN OUT OF GAS.SO WE GOT OUT OF MY FRIEND'S CAR(YOU DRIVE AND WE'LL TAKE MY BOAT)INTO 10 DEGREE PRE DAWN AIR ABOUT 10 MILES FROM AN OPEN GAS STATION.FATE WAS ON OUR SIDE BECAUSE THE FIRST PICKUP TO PASS BY STOPPED AND GAVE US A COUPLE OF GALLONS FROM A CAN,HE WOULDN'T EVEN TAKE ANY CASH FOR HIS TROUBLE.WE MUST OF HAD REALLY GOOD KARMA.ON OUR WAY AGAIN.....THERE WAS STILL ICE ON THE DOCKS WHEN WE ARIVED A LITTLE BEHIND SCHEDULE.WE PUT THE DOWN RIGGERS ON AND HEADED OUT.PUT A NICE BOW IN THE BOAT RIGHT AWAY.THINGS WERE GOING OUR WAY.A FEW MINUTES LATER ,BAM ,A DOWN RIGGER ROD POPPED.I GRABBED IT AND BOY WAS IT HEAVY.I THOUGHT I HAD ONE OF THOSE 15LB RAINBOWS.WE USE A CHEATER ON THE DOWN RIGGER LINES TO DOUBLE UP OUR CHANCES.AFTER A LONG FIGHT MY EXCITEMENT DOUBLED WHEN I SAW TWO LARGE HEADS IN THE WATER.TONY DID AN AWESOME JOB LANDING BOTH IN THE NET,A SKILL THAT OFTEN GOES OVER LOOKED.WERE'S A VIDIO CAM WHEN YOU NEED IT!!!THE LARGER OF THE PAIR WENT JUST OVER 22IN. AND THE OTHER WENT 20 1/2.IF THIS IS ANY IDICATION OF HOW THIS YEARS FISHING IS GOING TO GO......