I've been out playing, but this was the 1st fishing attempt in my new-to-me boat. Since I am still ironing out the routine and in learning mode decided to try something a little more low key to start with. I just picked up a pair of downriggers so Mike Carey suggested Lake Stevens for Kokanee. He brought all of the gear since I didn't have any (another shopping trip in my future).
We would have been there right at sunrise but the launch we were headed to was closed due to a street fair. Drove around the lake to the other launch, got everything set, launched the boat and drove back across the street and parked the truck. As I walked back to the boat I thought "huh, the back end looks lower in the water than the last time I took it out". THAT's when it hit me - I forgot the plug (as I said, still ironing out that routine). Mike jumped into the boat and turned the bilge pump on while I ran back to get the truck. I'd turned it on, but hadn't yet had a chance to test the pump yet - it works great! Boat out, water out, plug in and we are ready to fish!
We hooked & lost one before we were even able to get all the lines in the water, then a little while later C&R'ed a little trout, about 30 minutes after that we got another trout big enough to keep and then nothing..nothing.. nothing.
Fish-wise it was pretty much a bust, but learning curve-wise it was a great morning. Got to test the DRs and figure out the fish finder and gps all with no pesky fish to interrupt us!
Thanks Mike for the help, advice, and for bringing in the 1st of many keepers on my boat!!

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