Woke up early the next morning, checked in with Casey and headed to Presnells. Had some early topwater strikes fishing a ledge and finally hooked into a nice red about 7:30. On the third run she straightened out two hooks on my Spit'n Image.
We left shortly thereafter and jumped from hole to hole searching for a nice trout in shallow water; no dice. Finally ran out to a deeper flat surounded by deeper water and started thowing corks and jerkers in an attempt to put a keeper fish in the boat. We put a limit of schoolies in the boat in less than a half hour. It was in that location that the interesting part of the day unfolded. After netting a fish Katie stepped off the front deck right onto the rod holder and stuck a Skitterwalk in her foot. I cut her free from the rod and told her to lay down on the back deck. Two options seemed reasonable (1) a slow ride in and trip to the clinic or (2) take a shot at removing. It was pretty deep with one hook embedded to where it meets the other two. Katie, being tough, opted for the second option. I put my left forearm behind her ankle, put a set of pliers on the hook, counted to 1, pushed down and pulled. The fear of my arm getting stopped half-out created enough juice in me that the attempt was succesful. Another bent hook (this time a 4x Gamakatsu), some ice and we're back in business. Way to tough it out Katie.
We spent the rest of the day looking for a kicker trout. I managed to upgrade three of fish with skitterwalk catches, but still nothing over 20.Having put 2 good days on the boat, we headed back to Tally. The new steering assembly installed by Parkway worked great, but I was frustrated that I didn't have the range to get to some my holes past EH late in the day and decided an upgrade is inorder. Sold the boat earlier this week, and I hope it treats its new owner well.
I don't know if we'll make the next tourney since we're in a bit of a transition phase, but we'll be back with a new ride shortly.
Thanks for the fish, I've had some on the grill and some in the grease 
Keep us posted on the new ride 
