First Fish Pictures of the Season

Our 2015 fishing season has begun with a flourish.  Though the cooler weather has slowed the fish biting a bit, that has not daunted our first week's guests.  They are pulling in some whoppers from Lake Trout to Pike to Walleye.  Pictured below is a newcomer to Agimac River Outfitters, Keith Kabfleisch from Winter Park, Florida.  Imagine that.  I grew up in Winter Park, Florida so it was great fun to welcome another Floridian to camp.

Keith, also affectionately called Captain Keith, takes folks out deep sea fishing in Florida for Kingfish and Sharks, along with some shrimping at Mosquito Lagoon on the Intracoastal Waterway.  What a coincidence this is.... just this April while Joanna and I were vacationing in Florida, we went shark fishing on the ocean and shrimping at Mosquito Lagoon for the first time in our lives.

It wasn't long before Capt. Keith pulled in this hefty twelve pound Lake Trout from Indian Lake.  Nice job Keith.  Your deep sea fishing skills are proving valuable here.

Another newcomer this first week of fishing is thirteen year old Amara Arndt from Marshfield, Wisconsin here in camp with Dan and Deb Arndt of Winter, Wisconsin.  I could tell from the moment I met Amara that she was an adventurous outdoor girl, something like our Joanna.  One clue was the tee shirt she was wearing had a dog pictured on it.   A few days ago, her group told me that she had caught several good sized Walleye that day, her very first walleye ever.  And today, just moments ago, Deb announced that she had caught a 40 inch Northern Pike all by herself.  She looked like a pro as she hoisted the fish from the live well for me to take her picture.  Congratulations Amara.  It's encouraging to see young people having so much fun in the great outdoors.