04-23-2024, 01:36 PM
Added one more night to the trips last night, this time I started to get ready to go about 6:00 thinking I'd get a little longer...... Nope ended up my wife had supper ready, then I couldn't find any worms and when I finally got the boat hooked up my son in law got home from work and was able to go fishing too, so by the time we got on the road it was after 7:00 again... We hit my usual second spot first, this time Calvin had a fish on before I even got my pole baited. It was a really chunky 22" channel.... he later got a nice fat 20"er and I had a couple hits, but couldn't hook anything... Then things really slowed down so we headed to my other spot.... Calvin quickly tied into an 18"er with really cool coloration... That fish had a ton of white all over its sides instead of just it's belly... Well I still hadn't caught a fish, so I made him stay until I finally caught a bullhead so I could say I didn't get skunked... but it was basically a skunking and when I got home and went to put my bait in the freezer in my out building I stepped in the door and instantly was overcome with skunk smell... No lights in there, so I backed away and left the carp chunks for the cats.. Man I don't know if the skunk was still there or had just had a battle with the cat, but it sure made my shed smell terrible... Anyway I hope not catching a fish doesn't make me smell like that.... Later J
When things get stressful think I'll go fish'en and worry about it tomorrow!