05-30-2018, 09:23 PM
Got away to fish the channel at Lincoln Beach last night from 7:30 to 11. I caught four bullheads, no channels and nothing after dark. They liked shrimp and worm combos but nothing went after a little smokie. Someone was in "my" spot when I got there; otherwise I think I would have done better. Oh, I also got 3 Budweisers, a Pabst Blue Ribbon, a Rockstar, a Camel and a Marlboro, a Seagram’s cooler, and a big gulp cup. They were all empty, dag-nab it. I hope none of the neighbors walks by and looks in the back of my pickup; they might get the wrong impression! Seriously, I don't mind helping out those who don't have the intelligence or self-respect to pick up their own trash - I just wish they could learn to help themselves.
I don't fish just to catch fish. The red-winged blackbirds, frogs and other assorted fauna were all in full voice. A pair of birds with apricot-colored heads flitted about in the brush and beautiful black and white diving bird of some persuasion kept me company for a while. (None of these left any garbage, by the way.) Just as the sunset faded to a dull red rind in the west the full moon began to rise over the mountains. Its reflection in the water was the perfect spot to cast my bobber so I could watch it for any action, which never came. But all in all, it was a nice trip.
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I don't fish just to catch fish. The red-winged blackbirds, frogs and other assorted fauna were all in full voice. A pair of birds with apricot-colored heads flitted about in the brush and beautiful black and white diving bird of some persuasion kept me company for a while. (None of these left any garbage, by the way.) Just as the sunset faded to a dull red rind in the west the full moon began to rise over the mountains. Its reflection in the water was the perfect spot to cast my bobber so I could watch it for any action, which never came. But all in all, it was a nice trip.
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The older I get the more I would rather be considered a good man than a good fisherman.