So after I wrote the post National Boathing and Fishing Week the writer of the blog Small Stream Reflections left a comment saying that he plans to do the same thing he always does (fish as much as possible). I plan to do that same thing, but the part that makes this week different for me is the fact that I will be traveling and it happens to fall on a week that is meant to promote fishing and boating nation wide.
In my post I planned to kick this week off by taking my wife fishing for free fish day again (second year in a row). We borrowed a canoe and hit the water, and instead of me putting a couple pictures around a nice story maybe you just read my wife's account of the afternoon. She posted this on her blog and it is a great telling of what happened on Saturday afternoon. The title of her post is Free Fish Day. Be sure to look at all the pictures, she is talented with that camera and I have been trying to get her to come along and take more fishing pictures for me.
Well I hope to post a lot this week and maybe that will help my posts stay really consistent for a while. Stay tuned for a really successful trout fishing trip, the trip was successful on more then just a catching fish level so come on back for find out more.
-Bruce
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Monday, May 23, 2011
I'm Still a Fisherman!
That is right I am still a fisherman and this weekend was a prime example of how I am still a blogging rookie. Saturday morning I went fishing with John and Kyle from our church. We only had a couple hours in the morning, but John and Kyle are from here and took me to a local spot that they knew we would have some luck at and helped me out with some spin fishing tactics.
We started out catching crappies, I caught two right out of the gate and was feeling good. Then John got one and we kept moving. As time was running out John caught a couple small bass and a couple small pickerel. Then it was time to get the boat out of the water and head back to the house.
Sounds great right? Now that I recapped the morning there would normally be some pictures of the trip right? Well here is where my rookie status comes in - I had a camera in my gear bag, and never took it out. In theory, I did not catch that lunker so it really does not matter right? Well yesterday after church and a post church clean up day, John asked if I could get out and fish again, and I said yes before even thinking about my evening plans.
Once again time was limited but we had a good two and a half hours and so he took me on another great guided trip. We hit a different body of water this time and once again I was out of the gates fast. He was still putting a hook on as I was setting the hook on the first bass. I hit a bunch of little bass in the first half hour. Then John got in the game with a bigger 2 pounders and a couple pickerel. We both went cold for a couple minutes and John moved us to a spot that he promised would have plenty of fish. Once we got there he put another big bass in the boat. I missed a couple, got some knots in my line and John started to catch more fish. Finally I was back to fishing and he pointed out a rock that always holds fish I missed a couple off of it before we moved on.
After some hits off a rock I decided to fish a big rock at a new spot. I cast my rubber worm out and let it sink a couple seconds, then gave it a couple twitches and gave a big hook set (the kinda stuff you see on tv shows). After setting the hook I thought that maybe I got stuck on the bottom, but then there was a head shake and I knew it was a good fish. I started to work it to the top and John was very helpful reminding me that "it would be a shame to loose a nice fish like this one".
I got it to the boat and admired it for a minute, then measured it to be a little over 15 inches and weighed it in at 2 lbs 13 oz. By far the biggest bass I have caught in over 4 years - but did I think to take a snap shot of the big guy? NO! Does this make me a blogging rookie? Yes.
One thing this weekend showed me is that as much as I think I am a blogger, the truth is I am still a fisherman first, and sometimes it is fun to just fish.
I do not regret not taking a picture of these fish because I had a ton of fun, and after thinking about the spin techniques that worked all weekend I think I can dream up some fly patterns to do the same. So stay tuned for that.
-Bruce
We started out catching crappies, I caught two right out of the gate and was feeling good. Then John got one and we kept moving. As time was running out John caught a couple small bass and a couple small pickerel. Then it was time to get the boat out of the water and head back to the house.
Sounds great right? Now that I recapped the morning there would normally be some pictures of the trip right? Well here is where my rookie status comes in - I had a camera in my gear bag, and never took it out. In theory, I did not catch that lunker so it really does not matter right? Well yesterday after church and a post church clean up day, John asked if I could get out and fish again, and I said yes before even thinking about my evening plans.
Once again time was limited but we had a good two and a half hours and so he took me on another great guided trip. We hit a different body of water this time and once again I was out of the gates fast. He was still putting a hook on as I was setting the hook on the first bass. I hit a bunch of little bass in the first half hour. Then John got in the game with a bigger 2 pounders and a couple pickerel. We both went cold for a couple minutes and John moved us to a spot that he promised would have plenty of fish. Once we got there he put another big bass in the boat. I missed a couple, got some knots in my line and John started to catch more fish. Finally I was back to fishing and he pointed out a rock that always holds fish I missed a couple off of it before we moved on.
After some hits off a rock I decided to fish a big rock at a new spot. I cast my rubber worm out and let it sink a couple seconds, then gave it a couple twitches and gave a big hook set (the kinda stuff you see on tv shows). After setting the hook I thought that maybe I got stuck on the bottom, but then there was a head shake and I knew it was a good fish. I started to work it to the top and John was very helpful reminding me that "it would be a shame to loose a nice fish like this one".
I got it to the boat and admired it for a minute, then measured it to be a little over 15 inches and weighed it in at 2 lbs 13 oz. By far the biggest bass I have caught in over 4 years - but did I think to take a snap shot of the big guy? NO! Does this make me a blogging rookie? Yes.
One thing this weekend showed me is that as much as I think I am a blogger, the truth is I am still a fisherman first, and sometimes it is fun to just fish.
I do not regret not taking a picture of these fish because I had a ton of fun, and after thinking about the spin techniques that worked all weekend I think I can dream up some fly patterns to do the same. So stay tuned for that.
-Bruce
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