05-01-2015, 09:00 AM
Well, I finished the month of April (gone already!!) on a high note and also on a not-so-high one. On the high note, I got out this beautiful morning and despite two (TWO!) breakoffs - on two different rods - I still managed to boat another 50(ish) pound class catfish on my very light tackle. One breakoff was a total mystery, fresh line and knots were in use on that rod and a big fish made the line pop about 2 feet above the reel. Drag was set well. Very rare type of break. The second failure was on the other rod but I had already landed the 47 on that line but did not (can we say dumbbutt?) strip 50 feet of line off off and retie. I can say dumbbutt. Actually, I can (and did) say worse. The World 6 lb record remains unbroken for another day.................<br /><br />The low note I had mentioned involves the trolling motor mishap I had earlier this week. I can only use the TM on very low settings for any amount of time or else the internal breaker pops and won&#39;t reset for a while. I think I&#39;m going to need to start saving those pennies and nickles for a new one. Let&#39;s see - that would be about 180,000 pennies I need to save up, or 36,000 nickles, or................<br /><br />Uh-oh. I forgot. I&#39;ll be needing a new pacemaker too. Wow! Hard decision - trolling motor or pacemaker....trolling motor or pacemaker...... <br /><br />And then I was fishing and I saw a lot of smoke from around where I parked the truck this morning. Fortunately, when I got back to the ramp my truck was still red and not black...........<br /><br />Today&#39;s pics: