Wow, I'm just about caught up, lol. Since I Go back to work on this night, I decided with the beautiful weather forecasted for the afternoon, I would try to sleep in. My first night back to work on midnights I don't lay down for any naps so that the next morning I can come home and go straight to bed. It works for me...
For me to sleep till 9am is unheard of, but it happened this day. Ended up getting away and to the ramp by noon. The bite was ON, and I put 9 keepers in the boat in the first hour. I was on a great pace until the bite, or my fish fell off. After the fact, I believe they moved because I found another depth with same pattern, and proceeded to whoopin' on them again. Began wrapping up the rods, and tidying up the boat shortly before 4:30pm. Ended up with my li.it of 20 feeshes!
At the ramp, I was approached by a local older gentleman that was requesting information. Since there are a select few that I share Intel with, he got the had a nice day on the water answer. He then proceeded to hate on the Asian carp, and that a friend of his has xxx number of beds and structure in this lake. He caught 2 keepers just the other day.
I told him that I too feel deeply concerned about our lakes and rivers, and that they are affecti g multiple levels of the fishery, but the lakes are not completely shot. We as fisherman must stay open to change, and adapt. If you don't then you could end up with less fish for the freezer.
He went to say that they have been fishing this way for decades blah, blah, blah.
So, I told him that I had a limit of crappie in the boat that I just caught in around 4 hours. His demeanor completely changed, he rolled up his window and pulled away.
Moral of the story, if you don't adapt you could be left behind...
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