Thread: Going

Weather was almost a carbon copy of yesterday with a stunning sunrise. The difference was I knew what to expect and did things a bit different. I never went to the lake knowing the wind would be bad and I didn't see the need for Ernie and I to go through that again. I motored out of the marina and dropped the TM and put lines out. Once again I had a soup to nuts thinking when I rigged the rods so there was a wide swath of color and presentation. Should something show up better than I would adjust. Turned out that wasn't necessary. Nothing really showed any better than the others so our offerings stayed the same all day. A pass out the fenders under I-4 and turned around and headed back to begin what would be a few miles trip down river. Enough fish showed up to make the day productive, I was in good company, and I was in shorts and a T-shirt the weekend after Christmas. Another plus was that no Gar showed up to foul the lines and further foul the carpet in the boat. I knew my time in that stretch of the river would be short lived so we began the trip with a smile. We picked up 3 pretty quick and settled into the run north and here comes Alex and Jackie from work, also known as My World of Sand. Good to see you two out today. Glad you made the right move staying in the river. I'm sure that we would have caught more but the weeds had been blowing into the river for days and cleaning jigs was the order of the day. A couple of 13's showed up but Alex will have to bring us up to speed on just how big they were as he had a catastrophic failure of his livewell system and our fish went home with them. I was happy with the final take as we pulled up and headed for the ramp at just after 10 sometime. Just too many pleasure boaters had time off and wanted to spend the day throwing fishermen around like rag dolls. I fell down on the job as clicker monitor but it still said 17, some of which were less than hand size, and the beads on the lanyard said 9 keepers. No fish to clean, half the day left to enjoy, and chores either done or put off we both headed home to relax and maybe a good nap if we're lucky. Black/chartreuse and chicken did well and HS put the whammy on my cranks as they didn't produce any at all. Back to the grind tomorrow and no indication as to when I'll get to go next. I'm thankful for the time I've had and the people I've been able to spend it with. Happy New Year everyone, nothing but good things to come. Thanks for taking the time to read this........Skeet.