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Pescatoral Pursuit
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You ever have one of those days...
Pescatoral Pursuit
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Where you secretly hope you won't catch a fish on the next cast? It puts you in a weird place in your head.
Had one of those days before this last cold snap. Did my usual routine of burning the last hour or so of daylight at a local pond only this time, they all were waiting for me. First cast, fish. One or two casts later, fish. I was hittin about two out of three, maybe three out of four, hooking up. No biggies. All between 1-2 lbs. Enough to make it fun on light spinning. Glad I had crimped the barb. Pulling 6-7-8 fish out of one spot. After 20 or so, it began to feel like work. I would bring them close in, then give them slack hoping they would spit the hook so I didn't have to reach down to unhook them. The bite will usually taper off at dark, but not that night. Finally. mercifully, the mosquitos gave me a reason to just walk away.
It certainly feels good considering all the times I've worked hard at it and still gotten skunked.
Had one of those days before this last cold snap. Did my usual routine of burning the last hour or so of daylight at a local pond only this time, they all were waiting for me. First cast, fish. One or two casts later, fish. I was hittin about two out of three, maybe three out of four, hooking up. No biggies. All between 1-2 lbs. Enough to make it fun on light spinning. Glad I had crimped the barb. Pulling 6-7-8 fish out of one spot. After 20 or so, it began to feel like work. I would bring them close in, then give them slack hoping they would spit the hook so I didn't have to reach down to unhook them. The bite will usually taper off at dark, but not that night. Finally. mercifully, the mosquitos gave me a reason to just walk away.
It certainly feels good considering all the times I've worked hard at it and still gotten skunked.
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The only time I can say that I said to myself "I hope I dont catch a fish on this cast" is if either someone is driving by (boat or car) and I dont want them to see me hooked up, or if I am fishing with someone and I have caught like 20 fish and they have caught nothing ;-)
Otherwise, no.... I go fishing to catch fish
I had a day like the one you described on Saturday..... Think I got 21. Still though, I could not wait to get the Storm bait back in the water - as the initial "hit" is the best part!