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18# 8 oz Salmon on Lake Michigan. That took about 15 mins ( maybe longer 🤷🏼‍♂️) to get on the boat! The initial run peeled at least 350’ of line, probably more, but I didn’t look at the line counter (485’) until I had been slowly working the fish back in for some time. Netting a fish of that size by yourself requires you to hold your mouth just right! The swim step makes that a lot easier as well.

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18# 8 oz Salmon on Lake Michigan. That took about 15 mins ( maybe longer 🤷🏼‍♂️) to get on the boat! The initial run peeled at least 350’ of line, probably more, but I didn’t look at the line counter (485’) until I had been slowly working the fish back in for some time. Netting a fish of that size by yourself requires you to hold your mouth just right! The swim step makes that a lot easier as well.

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Nice catch!
 
Out doing some eagle hunting on the Seneca River, and ran into Flotsam! - "Flotsam is a troupe of musicians, circus performers, and puppeteers who travel on a ramshackle raft giving free performances in waterfront towns." They're doing a tour from Buffalo to Albany, commemorating the 200th anniversary of the Erie Canal. Local shows tonight and tomorrow, so we might go check them out.

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Those are the remnants of an Erie Canal aqueduct in the background. The original canal went over the Seneca River, but the modern canal makes use of the Seneca, the Mohawk, and a number of lakes as well as some dug sections in western NY.
 
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