07-23-2021, 03:43 PM
(07-23-2021, 03:15 PM)RockyRaab2 Wrote: Sadly, Pat, I think many of us may be done for the year. Either our favorite lakes are un-launchable, or the power squadron has concentrated on the few lakes that are open, making fishing impossible. August is usually a poor fishing month, besides. It has been for me, anyway.
Trout and koke guys may have some fishing time left. Ditto for you micro-craft folks. The rest of us, no.
Yea verily. August is usually not a prime time for piscatorial pursuits. In this year of abysmal drought conditions it is made even worse by the low water conditions. It is a two-sided coin. The dwindling water might tend to concentrate the fish population, but it also concentrates the power squadron. And those two concentrations do not combine well.
The age-old question posed by motivational speakers is "Are you going to WAIT for something good to happen...or should you MAKE something happen?" Definitely applicable to fishing. If we arbitrarily make the choice to give up fishing if we can't indulge in our single favorite type of fishing...then we arbitrarily choose to give up chances to find something new that we might also enjoy.
I'm not suggesting that hardcore kokeaholics put away their boats and downriggers at the end of koke season...and start soaking catfish bait. But there really are a lot of fun ways of fishing that most anglers never explore. If nothing else, it might be a good time to learn some new tackle crafting techniques...rod building, fly tying, lure making, etc. Those all help keep me off the streets and out of trouble when I can't be fishing. At least my wife still believes that.