The canoe performed well and is a very stable platform for the two of us. It's also not so heavy that I can't handle it myself. Bought used and slightly modified, it's also under 1/3 the cost of a new fishing kayak. With superb stability and a few additional features, the Mohawk will also likely become my winter trawler.
We launched around 7:30 or so with clear skies and clear water. Things started a little slow. I was throwing a weightless super fluke in albino color and couldn't buy a bite in the first 30 min. We hit a little honey hole and I switched over to a Zoom clear/flake fat albert grub with a gammy jig head. I proceeded to land 4 crappie in 10 minutes and my son picked up a nice gill on an earth worm.
We made our way downstream and I landed several bass on the fluke, grub, and black buzzbait. I also caught 3 bullhead catfish on the Zoom grub, all within 100 yards or so on the same bank.
Got a few more crappie on the way back as well as a few more bass. My son brought in this small bass near the end of the day. I still have to cast for him to get it in the right place, but he does fairly well after that. I'm just stoked that he likes to go!
I think I missed 5 pickerel, one was absolutely huge, just missing my buzzbait about 10' from the canoe. I had another ~3 lber hooked with the buzzer and he came off near the boat. Landing a pickerel today just wasn't in the cards.
Lastly, nothing like a cool dip when the sun is high. He jumped in twice to cool off.
4 nice crappie and 3 bullheads came home with us and the crappie have already been consumed
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Good times.
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