Almost caught a skunk

[Keta]

Wife and me drove up to Odell lake Thursday afternoon and on the way had a trailer tire blow out in Chemult, my truck jack would not fit under the axel so I walked down the road to a tire repair/tow truck shop.  No one was there so I called the number on the door.  The owner called and said he was on another job but would call his son.  5 min later he called back and said his son was not answering but he told me where in his tow truck he kept a large floor jack, 20 min later we were back on the road.  A big thank you to Ken from Chemult Auto & Towing.  

We slept on the boat and got up to high wind and 36° with the east end of the lake white caps.  Drove to the west end saw it was fishable and launched.  The fish were deep, scattered and not biting.  We did manage to get 1 Mack but called it quits at 13:00.  

[Shark Hunter]

One is better than nothing Lee.
I'm getting to be a professional at catching Skunk and I don't like it!

[Superhook]

Glad you got it sorted.

When there is no help and you have a flat tyre  , if you can drive the flat tyre up onto the spare wheel it will give you room to use your jack.

[Keta]

The hardest part was dragging the floor jack 1/4 mile but easier than chaining up the axel and limping into town.  My wife authorized me getting a small floor jack (authorized=insisting), it was far easier, faster and safer than the scissor jack.

[Rickb]

    You caught one, and it's always nice just to get on the water!
  I usually have a short piece of 4x4 and several short 2x6 or 2x8 scraps to roll tire up on for jack clearance in back of truck.
 

[johndtuttle]

All's well that ends with a fish in the boat! 

[Marcq]

Nice Lake trout 

Marc..

[Keta]

That one would have been 1" under minimum 2 years ago.

[steelfish]

Lee,

its that a Salmon or a big trout?
either way, nice catch..



also, whats "catching a skunk"?  (not familiar with that )

[Aiala]

Also, whats "catching a skunk"? (Not familiar with that.)

When you don't catch any fish, you've been "skunked"... and you get to fly this flag:



   

~A~

[steelfish]

ooh ok, thanks Aiala,

we have lot of words for when you dont catch anything, but 12yo rule apply on all of them

[Keta]

Lee,

its that a Salmon or a big trout?
either way, nice catch..



also, whats "catching a skunk"?  (not familiar with that )

It is a barely legal mackinaw (lake trout) they grow to over 30 pounds in the lake we were fishing.   "catching a skunk"=getting skunked=not catching a fish.

[MarkT]

Nice way to over come and get it done.

It's good to get that stripe off your back.  I've been on trips where they put a strip of masking tape on your back and then take it off when you catch a fish. Talk about making it obvious! 

[steelfish]

It is a barely legal mackinaw (lake trout) they grow to over 30 pounds in the lake we were fishing.   "catching a skunk"=getting skunked=not catching a fish.

danm.. a trout of 30# !!


thanks,

The hardest part was dragging the floor jack 1/4 mile

now this made my day.. 

[Keta]

They are char not trout, we do have trout (redband) in Upper Klamath and Agency Lake that go 10# plus.