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Date:
Aug 10, 2007
Subject:
Fishing the Hous in the Rain 8-10-07 Part II
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Part II.- I stop by to see marc and we decide to do a little trout fishing in the afternoon at a friend of his' stream. I went and picked up some worms and hooks etc and head home to warm up a bit. Lateron I get a call from Marc that he can't make it, so I decide to take the worms to a place I've seen guys catching trout on the hous before. This is where the mayhem begins. I arrive to find the normal route down the steep bank has been destroyed by someone dumping topsoil and cut down shrubbery and tree stumps, but a new route has been formed. I swing down the bank to a place where there are two trees growing out from the vertical (for about 2 feet) face of the trail. I put a my right foot on one and it promply slips off it. I go nuts first into the tree and get swung around and land on my back next to the river. Less than comfortable, but I didn't want kids anyway. The river was beautiful just after the rain: [img:7d6e2146eb]http://www.ctfishtalk.com/gallery2.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=2028[/img:7d6e2146eb] (Who was this man Kurtz?) First cast with a worm yielded a fish that lodged itself in the stumps that had been freshly dumped, and the line snapped. Retie and fresh worm yields another dink smallie. I thought it was weird because I'd NEVER caught a smallmouth there, so I figured why not, I hate worms anyhow and went to a bigger torpedo. Nailed a nice 1 and a half pounder on my ultralight, which was just a blast. [img:7d6e2146eb]http://www.ctfishtalk.com/gallery2.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=2030[/img:7d6e2146eb] Next cast I hear a plop in the water about ten feet out and look down to see that the spool on my ultralight has gone flying somehow into the water. I pull off all the line and get the spool back only to find everything still attached to it, drag mechanism, you name it. I go back up and grab my normal setup as all my line is now knotted from the loss of the spool in the river. I head back down and cast again, and pull in another good smallie, just as I get him to shore, he flips and snaps the line. Dur. At least he was on shore already so I unhooked him and let him go. Rerigged the line and was just about to cast when I realized I'd screwed up the rigging (double wrapped around the bail). Undid the mess and casted again. I cast the torpedo out and hear a plop of the lure hitting, a second later followed by a splash. I figure "wow the fish are agressive today" and then notice that NO, I had CAUGHT A BLUEBIRD IN THE LINE. This sucked massively. I reel in the bird who manages to flop enough to get the lure stuck on the stumps. I cut the line above it and manage to get the bird out, which, if there's one saving grace, at least it was alright. Decided I wasn't going to lose the lure so I took off my socks and shoes and waded out to get it. I actually managed to NOT fall into the river, so that's a plus. I decided that was enough damage for one day and packed it in, after releasing all the remaining worms. Sweet Jesus what a day, the only worse luck I could have had would be to hit a deer and then get ticketed by the police for having a headlight out, which I really thought was still gonna happen until I was parked and safely out of my car. All in all, an amusing day, and one which will not soon be forgotten.
Author:
admin
Date:
Aug 11, 2007
Message:
Damn man! Sorry it was a mess going out... atleast you got a fish!!! :D I cant belive you waded out! LOL
Author:
Rookie
Date:
Aug 11, 2007
Message:
Do you ever turn over rocks and find crayfish to use as bait? It works real well!! They are fast though. Bring a small bait bucket and spend an hour catching them. Toss one out tail hoked and watch out !!!
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