No Skunk today :)

I’ve been dealing with a neck pain issue for about a week , the past few days have been the worst .
I canceled out on my weekly meetup fishing trip yesterday because of it .
Sat around with either some type of rub or a heat pad on my neck and right shoulder , most of the day .
This morning it seemed to feel better if I moved around a bit .
I told my wife I was going to try and fish about an hour, after lunch .
Weather was sunny , mid fifties but with a bit of a wind out of the east , around 10mph with gusts to twenty.
I’m thinking float n jig . Figured that might be easier on the neck .
I grab a rod that I had setup for a float N jig , a 6’6” St Croix Triumph light action paired with a Shimano Nasci 500 reel and two pound Floroclear.
The jig was a 4mm tungsten bead jig with chenille collar and an olive mini trout magnet .
I got to the Town pond around 2:30 and decided to fish the east side , hoping the wind would help with casts . It did , but the east side is 80% shaded and the wind felt like a knife to my sore neck .
Thirty minutes later, I moved to the sunny end of the east side where I caught my one and only fish of the day .
A nice little bluegill that almost made the seven inch mark .
I tried the wind blown west side of the pond , but it was getting close to three thirty, the sun was already getting low and my neck was bothering me .
I headed home to my heat pad .
It was nice to get out , even if it was a pain .

one is better than none! Aches and pains may be a part of life but when it interferes with fishing.... well something has to be done! From my own personal experiance some stuff called Voltaren works wonders on such pain. It is not often I will recommend meds but I use it on my neck, shoulders, knees, back, hands. most any place that gives us older folk trouble.

No guarantee it will make you catch more but you might feel better even when not catching! :fish

Good job for getting out there and catching. Hope your neck feels better soon

I will take a single for sure.

Beats nothing for sure. I went out today and caught one that looked like a twin of yours. Didn’t get another bite. Hope your neck gets to feeling better.


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chunky fish:ThumbsUp hope the neck troubles ease up:pray

get well soon bro

Feel better soon! Thank for sharing your outing with us. :fish

Thanks to all for the well wishes.
I got to thinking about what could be causing the issue .
I experienced the same pain back in July when I was doing a lot of casting in my driveway trying to get more casting distance with micro lures .
I think it’s the way I’m fishing with sub one gram lures and slinging the rod trying to get it out farther.
That and fishing almost everyday, I’m straining the trapezoid and shoulder muscles .
Not exactly young anymore either.
I may be perfecting my float N jig and drop shot techniques for awhile.
Something I can lob cast with a little more weight at the end of the line .
Who said fishermen weren’t athletes. :) we get injuries too .

Sorry to hear of the neck and shoulder pain. Not fun at all. Glad it eased enough to get out, and as said, I'd rather have one than a skunk. Get better soon.

My neck was causing problems about a year ago- happened to be spinal stenosis and bulging disks! C5-7. Pain ran all the way down both arms! Might want to get that looked at. Had surgery on mine in late August and just now fishing pain free! I would recommend a neurosurgeon instead of an arthroscopic one. Anything around the spinal column needs neurological expert. Good luck with your problem.

Fishing isn't much fun when we are hurting. It's certainly possible to injure yourself trying to get that extra casting distance. A few years back I was trying for added distance and one cast the shoulder was done, almost dropped the rod in the lake. Completely tore my rotator and bicep tendon. Rotator tendon was not reparable and they had to use a cadaver tendon to replace the rotator. Everything good now. If it's still bothering you get it checked out. I waited almost a year before I finally went and had mine checked, wish I had done it sooner.

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Originally Posted by JUNGLEJIMJIGS

Fishing isn't much fun when we are hurting. It's certainly possible to injure yourself trying to get that extra casting distance. A few years back I was trying for added distance and one cast the shoulder was done, almost dropped the rod in the lake. Completely tore my rotator and bicep tendon. Rotator tendon was not reparable and they had to use a cadaver tendon to replace the rotator. Everything good now. If it's still bothering you get it checked out. I waited almost a year before I finally went and had mine checked, wish I had done it sooner.

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It’s slowly getting better.
I originally injured it back in July when I would spend hours in my driveway sling casting different combinations or rods , reels , and line .
Took a few weeks to recover.
Lately I’ve been fishing light , micro handtied jigs and chenille and rabbit fur doesn’t weigh as much as plastic bodies. So I resorted back to slinging again .
Caught fish , it paid the price .
Guess I’m going to have to go back to float fishing with my handtied jigs to have the weight needed to “lob cast” them .
I’ve been experimenting with slip float fishing using 1/32 and 1/16 slip sinkers.
I think once I perfect my method, it’ll be a great way to fish my handtied jigs and be easier on my casting shoulder and neck .

but on the bright side ....KABOOM is near :highfive