Photo 1 - Don’t call it the Big Sky for nothing. Heading to lake

Photo 2 - only boat on lake all day. Air temp 30, water 40 and 30 ft plus visibility

Photo 3 - those that know me, I target bass… large and smallmouth. Bass fishing was pretty tough, so I began scanning deeper water 40-50 in search of bass using live forward sonar. Came across large schools of Kokanee salmon down deep. It got stupid quick. Really didn’t matter what I dropped on them, they bit. Following the schools with live forward sonar was fun, and just to easy. Caught and released about 35 before getting back in search of bass.

Photo 4: Males (shown in pics) were decent size. Smaller females loaded with eggs.

Photo 5: almost home. Tourist all gone, and already some white stuff. More coming next week, so I’ll gonna squeeze another trip soon. Tight lines to all

Note: Lithium Batteries. Installed 2 Ionic 100ah for trolling motor last week. Ran approx 6 hrs today on TM. Had 90 % battery life left. Crazy. Ridiculously over priced compared to some other brands, but I wanted the blue tooth which just about doubles the price. I often connect from lake to lake in shallow connecting streams. I need the reassurance of battery life to make it back (too shallow for big motor). Plus the Ionic have better BMS for charging in colder weather. Oh, and got rid of 2 very heavy 31 series wet cell batteries in the swap 👍