sometimes it is what it is ......

I ventured down to little creek SK found a few years ago the other day to just ketch a few sunfish or crappie or bass or whatever might bite .
We have ketched about everything in the form of a fish in there sometimes and with the water up its a great place to go pitch a bait .
So down the steep bank I went and I mean really steep ! I see right away I cant get where I want to be to cast unless I head downstream to a spot I can "cross" to a little island we like to stand on .
Well I find the best spot or so I thought and step off onto a pc. of concrete . the island is a bunch of old concrete they put in to slow erosion and its jagged and has rebar sticking up in it and etc etc. Pretty tricky foot work sometimes and to be sure I was low on tricks .
I stepped off to the first pc. and it was solid and I went with the second foot to the other pc. and my first foot slipped !
At this point I went down hard in a split formation and recovered myself and assessed what might be broke .I was spread out flat with all fours pointing a different way and one foot a bit wet from the dunk . I gathered myself and thought wow my knee hurts from the slide burn and WOW was I lucky this 12 inch rebar under my belly somehow didn't stick me good .:yikes
So I look around a bit and decide I am ok enough to keep going and take my second step …..NOT good ! Next pc a concrete rolls and back down I go in the same formation AGAIN !!! :banghead
This time I got extra wet and was like darnit man this aint going well so far ….:Rofl
well second spill was mostly water damage and me and my tackle survived ….so ...
I got positioned and found very few small sunfish not willing to bite and channel cats ruling the creek ….
and that's my story and I am sticking to it :crazy:
btw ...channel cats on a 1/64 number 8 have a tendency to escape in numbers ….I only landed 3 and hooked 8 …..darnit again ...:banghead
and not a crappie to be found …..darnit one more time ….
stay tuned ...

Be carefull ketch, don;t get yourself hurt, we need the reports to keep coming! :highfive

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Originally Posted by Slab

Be carefull ketch, don;t get yourself hurt, we need the reports to keep coming! :highfive

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thanks bro …..I sure am getting a bit unstable footing wise these days ….
there was day if my foot slipped I would have sprung away and landed well on both feet ….
them days are no longer with me it seems :banghead

Yeah man don’t be getting all busted up. A lot of us live vicariously through you. Good report as always. :highfive

Be careful out there Outlaw! as we get older sometimes we can't do what we used to do easily. or at least everyone else, for some reason I am still nimble about as ever and also if it looks like it is too dicey, don't go there. That is new.

Still it's FUN to catch sunfish like that and then some kitty kat's on light tackle, give you a real tussle.

Careful out there dude, could have been bad. I slipped in creek/lake the other day and got my boots and pride wet, no damage. Wet muddy, steep rocks are not meant for peoples over 50!!


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Originally Posted by Ketchn

thanks bro …..I sure am getting a bit unstable footing wise these days ….
there was day if my foot slipped I would have sprung away and landed well on both feet ….
them days are no longer with me it seems :banghead

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I’m becoming more aware of my limits, as well. Progressive lenses don’t work well with stairs and downhill! I used to be able to cut a finger off in the morning and grow it back by dark! Now I sometimes pull a muscle during a yawn!

Good eatin size on them cats!

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Yep. That's a me alright! The little adventurer in me kept on pushing too. Oh well. At least you got some fish and pics to put up. Nice Ketchn there

take care and watch yourself. I had a similar situation to where i was walking a creek and a bank location gave away and I almost ended up in the creek. I was lucky that there was a branch hanging and I grabbed it before i hit the water. I can relate to the footing not being like it used to be and being able to get right back up after a fall.

Well at least you caught some Katfish for yer troubles......:dono:dono:dono:dono:dono:dono:dono

You ain’t young as you once was and balance and quickness don’t hang around much after that........

yeppers I aint a spry one no mo …..
not as fast on the trigger either ….
darn the luck I say

Wait till you get in your seventies, be careful so you can make it! Congrats on your catch!

Sometimes it just is what it is! Your lucky one of them spills didn't really hurt something other than pride, lol!

At least I now know I am an old man with sorry ass balance compared to what I was use to which was always great balance. So doubt I would even have tried getting out on that little island of junk concrete. Never hurts to pass sometime.

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Them hard to reach spots always seem to hold fish , but I guess I ain’t gunna get to those as often as I once could
I know one that’s a downhill hike of about a half mile and it’s steep ....last time I went there it bought made me fall out coming back up ....it’s pretty much off my list these days ...

I think I know that hike you're talkn bouy.....Goin down ain't bad but when it's time to come back up it becomes work..... At least there's some good lookn scenery to take breaks at and snap a pic or two...

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I think I know that hike you're talkn bouy.....Goin down ain't bad but when it's time to come back up it becomes work..... At least there's some good lookn scenery to take breaks at and snap a pic or two...

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Some places are just too much once we start getting a little older, I know at almost 71 there are lots of places and things I will not do any longer, lol! Steep angles of this land can be more difficult than it is worth doing it. I know of a place here like that and yes I did go down to the water to get to the guys houseboat, but then when it was time to leave and walk back to the top of that hill from hell, it was too much and it told me about that for a good while after that day, lol!

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I think I know that hike you're talkn bouy.....Goin down ain't bad but when it's time to come back up it becomes work..... At least there's some good lookn scenery to take breaks at and snap a pic or two...

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I am always freaked out about the down part …...sure is steep