The chilly weather that hit Lake Wenatchee on Thursday last week continued into Friday and cooled the sockeye action on the lake. Because the fishing at the top end of the lake was not as good as usual the day before I opted to drive the Bob Feil Boats and Motors Smoker Craft the opposite direction from the dock. This may have been a strategic error as the sockeye bite was slow again. On board with me was three generations of the Hawkins family, including Buell Hawkins, his son Brad and grandson Luke. I have been taking members of the Hawkins family for fishing for years, ever since I drove Smoker Craft Boats for Buell when he brought them into Valley Tractor years ago. Luke is a particularly ardent angler, with plans to study fisheries when he goes off school at either the U of W or Montana. He had a blast reeling in the few sockeye we landed, even the one that jumped about three feet in the air behind the boat and spit the hooks back at him. We made plans for a combo walleye and bass trip to Banks Lake later this summer.