Well plan "A", was to fish for crappies. Standing around for 1/2 hour and watching slip floats not moving,I couldnt take it anymore. So asked my bud if he had his waders (nope Im going to get the boat out) I could see the smail on his face,that twinkle in his eye when he said that.LOL
Ok,Im going for that fish I missed yesterday, not once,not twice but three times. Dont ask,I dont know how I missed 3 times.
So here I am, back at the same hole. I crawl under a few pines and settle on my knees,keeping low and out of sight. Im here for you mr. fish. (today I called him Walter. LOL) You are mine today. It,s the perfect little pool with a lot of hanging branches. I found 4 of them yesterday. LOL
Slip a black micro tube over my hook (learned this tip from one of my threads last year from spiel) It pretty much looks like a hellgamite (sp) in the water.
Toss to the top of the pool. Slowly it trickles down. Hit,hit,pull,miss. Damit I say. Toss a few more times and I get serious tug,Lift and it,s set this time. (I thought it was set before too) A couple of nice leaps ( I yell play nice now),a run to a under water tree,NOOOOOOOOOOOOO. Lift a bit and he turned. WHEW. Short little battle after that and In the net he finally was.
It was a happy ending , Quick pic,and happy release for Walter. Theres no way I could keep a resident fish. They are so beautiful.
Like BillM said in his thread, the waters are high and cold,but I love fishing residents.
My hope was for the waters to drop so I can get the fly rod going,but it looks like more rain this week which will not help.
BTW, Thanks for that tip Spiel.