33rd Anniversary Surprise

[parishht]

For our 33rd wedding anniversary, my wife surprised me with a trip to our friends lodge in Pulaski, NY.
She also set up a fishing trip on lake Ontario.
The lodge we staid at is called Fox Hollow Lodge and I recommend it to any of you,
it is right on the Salmon river, walking distance.
They run charters for river fishing when the the run is on and charters in lake Ontario.

Here's a link to their website:

http://www.foxhollowsalmonriverlodge.com/index.html

Now the reason I put this in the fishing section,
it was a slow day on the lake, no radio chatter about catches,
only talk was about no catch. Even watching other boats, no one was pulling anything in.

Our guide, Jimmy, was all business, so he kept trying different lures, different depths, different directions, etc.
Without him, I would not have caught this ten pound lake trout:




or this 15 pound Salmon:



Maybe it wasn't the guide, maybe it was the hat.

Anyway, friends that went along, went out in the afternoon, because my wife and I had to get on the road.
They pulled in a 34 pounder.
Our guide said it was the biggest that he has ever pulled from the lake.
If I recall, the record for lake Ontario is around 45 pounds.