The sun was blazing hot and the lake water a warm 80F.  We tried our hand at trolling out on Cliff’s bay but came up empty.  It was time for a cool off dip and a bit of beach time then back at it.

The rocky point near the beach proved to be a surprisingly good bass spot.   We found hard-fighting, high jumping smallmouth and had some fun as we each contributed a nice smallmouth to the catch.  The largest (mine!) weighted 2 ½ lbs and was 20” long.

Lucky man Kent got to do the lion’s share of the cleaning but the kids tried their hands at skinning.  This brought out a few eww’s from the first time fisherperson.  We got an impressive mess of fish that grilled up beautifully and paired nicely with some home fried potatoes.