Long Day on the Water

Fished with Captain Daryl and Mark. Temperature this morning was 70 Degrees and when we quit fishing it was in the middle 70's. By the time we got back to the harbor it was in the middle 80's. The water temp is 64 Degrees. Started fishing just past the c buoy trolling jet 40's and spoons set at 45 feet back. It did not take long and we were into the fish. Daryl wanted to cull the fish today so we were putting back a lot of walleye. After a while we realized that all the fish were about the same size so we just started to keep them. We were done fishing at 8:15 and were heading in when we saw a boat waving an orange flag. We headed over to see what their problem was and it was just a dead battery. We had no jumper cables so Daryl pulled out one of his batteries and was going to give it to them to start their boat. By this time we drifted apart so Daryl went to start his boat and it would not start. The guys we were helping had some oars so they paddled over to us and got the battery and started their boat. Our boat was trying to start but it was like it had no fuel. We borrowed a small cup of fuel from our new friends and when we poured the gas in the throttle body the boat would run for a little while and then quit. Well, as it turned out the guys that we helped ended up towing us back to the marina. Go figure! I rode back in the tow boat with Mickey and his Dad. Got to b/sing with them and as it turned out they were some great guys. Mickey pulled Daryl's boat right up to the dock like he has done it a thousand times before. Just perfect. We could not thank them enough and we met some new friends. Daryl worked on his boat and he believes the fuel pump is bad. Should have it figured out by tomorrow.