Newbie lessons learned.

Well gang, these are lessons ya’ll have long since forgotten about, but for me a novice bobber floater, this is a rather sharp learning curve.

Lessons learned:

1. Don’t worry about neutral buoyancy bobbers, if a good fish wants the bait WILL drag the bobber with him.
2. When you snag a limb/bush/stump, don’t pull the line directly backwards, the weighted bobber WILL ALLWAYS come back and ding your forehead and knock the sunglasses slap off your head!
3. The fish WILL ALLWAYS be the first to know when your outta bait!
4. If the fishing gets slow, just try to take a bathroom break, as soon as you turn your back they WILL take both hooks at the same time.
5. If you want a bite on the rod on the left, just start fiddling with the rod on the right, you WILL get a bite, this works both ways.
6. If your fishing from the bank and you see two beavers swimming your way, STOP fishing and get ready to evacuate the area, they WILL split up and outflank you and come up on the bank on either side of you.
7. DO NOT put the left over crickets in the open top cricket holder in the back of the truck, it will turn over and there will be zero crickets when you get home. By the way, the more crickets you have in the holder the higher degree of probability it will turn over.
8. Don’t leave your stringer of fish in the edge of the water while fishing, a turtle WILL pick out the largest fish and eat it.
9. The largest fish you hook all day will ALLWAYS stay on the line until you get him to the bank and go to pick him up.
10. When your done fishing and get things together, ALLWAYS triple check that the latch on the tackle box is snapped correctly, otherwise you will spend another 15 minutes picking up assorted hooks, weights, lures, and anything else that was in the box.
11. If your cutting your wigglers in two, ALLWAYS pick up the half your not going to put on the hook and put it back in the tub immediately, otherwise it will travel approximately 150 yards in the time it takes to bait the hook with the other half.
12. When carrying more than one rod, the only way for them NOT to be tangled up when you get to your fishing spot it to NOT have any line on them to start with.
13. Do Not tug on the line when tightening the knot while holding the hook with the other hand, the hook WILL enter your right index finger, usually past the barb.

Sorry I don't have any big fish stories or honey holes to share yet, just gettimng my feet wet (literally)

8. Don’t leave your stringer of fish in the edge of the water while fishing, a turtle WILL pick out the largest fish and eat it.

Not only that, but fish on a stringer will secrete a chemical signaling danger to any other fish in the area. Not real helpful when fishing.

OK, sure did not know that, but it make sense to me.

Good tips.