Thread: I’m a lucky man

Had doctors mid day yesterday and finished with some time on my hands. The temps were in the 80’s and the skies mostly clear with low wind. I couldn’t think of anything else so I hooked up and brought the small rods. No crappie but one this trip and he was late in the day and about 9” on a very small rapala I was throwing for the surface activity that was driving me nuts. He was the only taker on that. The blue ice IBSS I had on got torn and I replaced it with a double silver rainbow. Just over two hours on the water and the mosquitoes drove me off, they were bad. Lizards were sunning, I saw a few from about 2’ long.I’m guessing that the redbreast sunfish are starting to bed as they were the lions share of what I caught. They never get real big but they all sport a large attitude and are fun to catch. The Warmouth in the pic had me thinking he was a largemouth by his stubborn fight. I didn’t count but I’m sure I caught twenty, maybe more. There’s a tree littered pocket about 50’ across that had some surface activity going on like maybe small bass chasing fry or Shad. I kept pitching in there and all I got was Redbreast and one bluegill. Even if I can’t get em to bite often enough, I love watching the surface swirling and splashing. It makes my heart rate go up along with the excitement level. A great afternoon that I enjoyed while taking none home. Enjoy the pics and holler if you see me out. Til then……..Skeet.