As I said in my introduction a couple of days ago, I am no fisherman. But I am not incapable. I have come home with 8-10 crappie once or twice. I have brought home 3-4 walleye from Lake Seneca in Ohio three or for times. But I will be danged if I can catch one now. I have been going out at least twice a week the last four weeks. When I started the water temp was 45, today in the southernmost lake I fish it was 65. I am fishing three small electric only lakes that I have never fished before, so am spending a lot of time prospecting. I am beginning to see fish on the sonar. Twice in two different lakes I have found them in the same downed tree or standing timber. They just do not want what I am throwing. What I have been doing is cruising around likely looking areas. When I see fish on the screen I toss out a buoy where the transducer is located on the boat. I then circle around and let out two anchors, one front, one rear, close to the buoy. I then fish under a slip float, or drop a minnow on a hook and split shot, or vertical jig a curly tail, or Bobby Garland, or a Sassy Shad jig. Sometimes I anchor away and cast a float or jig to the buoy. They don't want it. I have caught two in four weeks. One when it was cold, in ten feet of water. Why it bit I don't know. The other was in timber last week. I cast a minnow past the tree in 23 feet of water and caught a nice 11 inch black. I thought boy I am on them now, I am going to fill the boat. You know how that ended. Today was no different. They were there but lock jawed.

To make matters worse I had a problem on the trailer coming home. Tooling down the interstate, enjoying the radio and sunshine. I get off, turned the radio down and think I hear something new. (I can't hear in one ear and wear a hearing aid in the other.) I get out to look for a flat but I don't have one. I don't even have a tire on the right side! Lord only knows how long I had been dragging that thing up the road. I don't get it. I bought that rig in 87, its an 84 model, and it has been garage kept ever since. I told you I didn't fish much, you would have thought it would have held up better, It is a wonder she ever lets me out of her sight.