Big Ole Slice of Humble Pie

Friday got excited to fish w/Marv from Lakeland, as this trip would turn out to be around 2 yrs in the making w/his hip surgery followed up by this whole Co-vid stuff, we've often text on tactics, ect...so as a neutral site to both of our travels we picked a lake I fished 1st before last March 2020 & limited out w/ good fish....well this morning was a different day, the streak is over, not 1 speck came aboard in 4 1/2 hrs of trolling only ell grass non-stop and 1 threadfin shad as insult & had to run the motor 1/2 way through to run batteries as it's time for replacement, however, all that said it was a beautiful day & Marv is every bit the soft spoken gentle soul I imaged in our texting....& best yet we get to do it again to get the catching part right, maybe we should use his tightline method as he texted me a pic yesterday of a limit he took in his home waters, w/ good fish in the mix...LOL
Well Saturday once again fished for the 1st time w/ Leonard (Bear lake slab Daddy), he offered to fish out of his boat, hearing of my battery issues. We started the 1st 3 hrs trolling in a method I'm not a custom too w/bobbers & jigs, got mesmerized by watching the floats vs rod tip ends I'm used to, thus missed several strikes, Leonard being the gentleman & laid back demeanor, was probably the only reason he didn't throw a banana @ the back of my head....lol....well we put 2 in the box & threw about 6 others back, so decided to return to the shallow water jigging that was hot last week, pull up to some pads & 5 fish come in the boat in 5 drops, but their all throwbacks, but hey this is going to be fun, lit' time goes by & I suggest we go to were I got kepper fish last time, but in the end we only managed 7 for the box that ended up being released, overall maybe 30 fish, enough to keep our attention in the 88F degree heat, I believe the Mercury reached, before we decided on Jesup Leonard mentioned Harney, which I felt would have been better for his beautiful Xpress and larger boat as mine would have served better in the shallow stuff, oh well great time & next one's in my boat.Pic of Marv's limit & Leonard in the pads as the Airboat tours came through....
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30 fish is a great outing anytime, congratulations and thank you for sharing. Hope you get your battery issue resolved soon.

Tough times fer sure Jeffrey while DUI(Dipping under the influence<lunar>) BLSD's rig resembles a "battleship" vs your "scooter scout"!!:Rofl:Rofl
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Hey Jeff,
Thanks for the kind words! Another “memory day “for sure, its not always about the catching. I really appreciate you traveling down here, after a full night of working, to take this old timer fishing. [emoji106]
Yes, it was a beautiful day, had some laughs, told some fishing stories, plus I learned some long lining tips.
Regards,
Marv

The trip was good especially fishing behind the fun moon on a clear night. Seems as if my timing was off! probably should've waited till the afternoon
to give it a try! Jeff did his best to school me on some shallow water fishing and in spite of my self i did catch a few! And as anybody that is a fisherman I find myself looking forward to the next trip! Thanks Jeff for a good time and good company! BLSD

You’ve spent some time in good company. The fish will come when the get a mind to, we’ve all had days that didn’t go as planned. Good tale of some good trips. Thanks for taking me along.

You've made the rounds with the CDC folks this week jeff! Hope to ketch up with you sometime this week as well. Tight lines! Beautiful moon last night!

being out with friends is still way good. Catching some only makes it better.