Wouldn't miss it! 

They may not be salmon, lingcod or rockfish, but they are super fun to catch those Bullards kokanee. It was a lot of fun fishing with many other koke stoked fisherman on the beautiful waters of Bullards Bar. One could do with less blood suckers and lake lice, but being with other NCKA'ers makes it too much fun you forget about them quickly.  Arrived Friday and was greeted by Brian and Kevin at the camp ground and got setup then we all had an afternoon session.  I lost a few bites and then after switching rigs I landed one!  It was as excited as I was and was happily returned to the water after a quick shot. The next day it was game on and bit was hard to find in the early morning.  After getting two it took several hours of trolling to get another bite.  On the far side of the lake (or wherever I was) I was getting waked by two joy riding boats at the same time just after I set my DR.  i look back and the rod had popped the clip, and I was thinking the wake fowled my set out, but no there was actually a 13" koke on my rod  From there I picked up 4 more and it was an hour left before the end. I tried to pickup three more, telling myself I can get two double hookups by the time I"m back to the launch, but I had left the fish got no more bites.  I stayed another day at Schoolhouse since I had Monday off.  It was empty on a Sunday, I had the entire area I was in all to myself.  Really enjoyed the weekend catching those tasty kokes, hanging with good friends and enjoying the comradery and potluck.

I don't have one nor have I tried one, but the specs on the Hobie Lynx seem decent for being a lightweight hull at 47lbs, and the drive is another 16.  It looks easy to load and be comfortable on lakes.

https://www.hobie.com/kayaks/mirage-lynx/

Al, be sure to pack the SPF20,000 sun screen!!! If I remember correctly, you Lobstered yourself last year!

Since spring I've been out in the sun twice, and twice have been burnt to a crisp  Got the sun screen, the alovera gel and the DEET as well 

For the potluck I'm bringing Deet 

Er well probably some form of vegetables and meat, maybe in curry form

Great instructions Paul!  If anyone is able to help others with this process at Shelter Cove I know a couple people that could use help as well.

Look guys... I know it's May but still feeling like winter.  But it's time to go fishing...  FISH ON!

Alot of good info there Mark, thanks for that!
I did end up getting a new Lowrance Eagle 5 Splitshot…
It was the most popular # on google. 000-16111-001
Found it for $307 out the door online! 5-6 days out.
I’ll be adding the 20/50 fathom lines on that for sure,
should be easy peasy on that one.
 
Get that Ling Cod yet?
Scotty

Look forward to your review.  Would like to see if the Autotuning Sonar feature works well.