On July 4th, Tim, Nate, Steve and Mike hit the Bay for a morning walleye hunt. Tim displays the day's first fish.

Nate with a nice walleye.

Steve unhooks a 24" walleye. The boys put nine in the box by 11:00 a.m.

Resetting the lines after landing an 'eye.

On July 4th, Julie & Dale ; Joe; Sam & Lu; Rhonda & I had dinner at Uri's in Port Sanilac .

Then we were off to do some pier fishing.

The crew pics a spot on the pier.

The girls settled in while Joe prepares a cast.

Dale waits for a hit as the sun sets.

When the kids were young we caught catfish on this pier. On this night only a couple of rock bass.

On July 6, Nick fished East Newton Lake in Cody, WY.

This trophy rainbow was well over 20". Nick's largest ever on a dry fly (Goddard Caddis).

The evening sky on East Newton Lake.

Dan Johnson displays a 27" 'eye that he caught while drifting a crawler harness in 20' of water on July 5.

Terry, Sam, Mike and I hit the Bay on Saturday the 5th for an afternoon trip.

We put seven fish in the cooler. Slow but steady action.

Terry & Sam wait for a strike.

Cleaning fish.

Another afternoon trip on Sunday the 6th.

Sam displays a typical walleye caught this weekend. 16" to 18" fish were the norm.

The crew waits for action. Joe looks excited.

Sam in action. The bite picked up as the evening progressed.

Netting a fish as the sun sets.

The end for another fish. There were two 2008 nominees for the Club Award on this trip, right Sam and Joe?

Pulling the lines. We finally made our twenty fish limit.

The July 6 catch.

Eric & Dave Johnson launched on the west side on 7/11. Eric displays a nice keeper.

Dave thought he might be in the running for 2008's smallest walleye. See Page 4, row 4 picture 3.

The live well was filled in a relatively short time. Dave and Eric had the luxury of sorting fish on this trip.

The days catch at the cleaning station. Dave & Eric fished out of Hoyles Marina.

Mike & I played hookie on 7/16 to fish the bay. Along for the day were retirees Joe and Dale Manly.

The day was hot, but provided a very nice "walleye chop".

The new rubber net worked great. No more hooks through the braiding.

Dale unhooks a small 'eye that Mike caught.

Joe battles another fish. We ran crawler harness exclusively on this day.

In a relatively short time we boated our 20 fish limit.

Andrea & Nick floated Montana's Madison River on 7/14. Pictured is Andrea's first flyrod brown - a 16" fish.