Thread: Got some fishing time.

Yesterday afternoon I put the float tube on a strip mine lake . There was a brisk breeze and heavy clouds but rain not forecasted. 5 min. on the water and I enjoyed a 1/2 hr light rain. I was using a Crappie Pro jig head I had tied on and the Wally Marshall 5 1/2 ' back up rod had a hackled red butt jig with a #6 hook .I was tipping with wax worms. I had just a few red worms from another outing and used them up also. The bite was good right from the start. There were Red Ear feeding on the weed edges ,and bull gills were roaming the flats at 10-13' deep. Since the bite was good ,I only caught a few on the short rod. I favored the 8 1/2' BPS UL I have been using a lot over the years.
The brisk breeze I kicked off into played well around 5:00 PM when a nasty looking front bore down on me. I got off the water and loaded in plenty of time but drove home in a good rain.
The wife fried up some of the 10 gills I kept last night for supper. Sure were good.
I tried out a new manual inflate PFD from BPS It was comfortable and was happy not to have to use it. lol