“It is a fun little lake,” he said.
“You’ll catch peamouth, crappie, sunfish, and perch,” he said.
And that was all it took for Dick Zimmer lure the Captain on a fishing trip to Brenneman Slough north of Big Fork on the Flathead River. They decided a mid-week fishing trip would be best, and Captain invited pal Don Beardsley to come along. Zimmer spearheaded the expedition on Wednesday, and off they went to his “favorite new lake.”
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Aerial of Flathead River Sloughs Near Kalispell
“Last time I was here I caught peamouth, crappie, sunfish and perch”, Zimmer said as they launched the boat into the Flathead River. “It is a fun little lake to fish.”
The fishing started out a little slow, and never really picked up for them. But, thanks to good company on the boat, Zimmer didn’t have to eat his words; it did after all turn out to be “a fun little lake to fish.”
It was a neat little the lake that Captain had never fished before, and Beardsley ended up with enough perch for a nice meal while Zimmer caught enough bait (peamouth) to make it worth his while.
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Don Beardsley snagged some perch on the slough!
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Dick Zimmer on Brenneman Slough