lol....day started-out "normal", 15 minutes late leaving....not a big deal. Pulled into 1 baitshop about 6:45, no lights....so we went on a couple miles up the road to baitshop #2, says "Open at 7:00AM".....OK, waited....waited.....waited 'till 7:30, went back to baitshop #1, which was now open. Got bait, got to the ramp....blah-blah-blah.
Because of dads age, he not allowed to drive my truck ('cause he won't be covered, per my insurer), and he's not comfortable in the boat, so I launched by myself, again....no biggie & I already knew it was gonna go that way. So, boat's in the water, I pull up the 45* incline of a ramp, park the truck & hobble back downhill.
Didn't start-out too bad, I caught a nice crappie right off the bat, thought hey....it's gonna be a productive day, then I caught crappie #2, another keeper....well, those were the only 2 keepers I caught all day.
Dad caught a nice channel on a minnow (lol....I couldn't get him to pose for the pic, so I'm holding his fish)
So I had to sneek a pic of him :wink:
Here's what we were fishing in because I thought that's where the fish would be.....lol, WRONG
The wind picked-up early, 10-20 mph, made fishing alot less fun, especially when we weren't catching fish. The FF was reading at 2-3 times actual depth, not sure why, but it sucked. We fisher wood, coves, flats, deep......no luck.
On our last stop.....motor wouldn't start....makes a humming noise, no cranking. Dead battery? Nope, I swapped it with the spare (electronics use)....same thing. Fortunately, it happened close to the ramp, and I had the joy of loading with the TM....which by the way preformed great :wink: . It was after 5PM, fishing sucked, as did the wind, so we headed home, unloaded, cleaned 3 fish, hit the shower.....and there you have it :mrgreen:
Few fish, broken outboard, but a good day fishin' with pops........
ST
Because of dads age, he not allowed to drive my truck ('cause he won't be covered, per my insurer), and he's not comfortable in the boat, so I launched by myself, again....no biggie & I already knew it was gonna go that way. So, boat's in the water, I pull up the 45* incline of a ramp, park the truck & hobble back downhill.
Didn't start-out too bad, I caught a nice crappie right off the bat, thought hey....it's gonna be a productive day, then I caught crappie #2, another keeper....well, those were the only 2 keepers I caught all day.
Dad caught a nice channel on a minnow (lol....I couldn't get him to pose for the pic, so I'm holding his fish)
So I had to sneek a pic of him :wink:
Here's what we were fishing in because I thought that's where the fish would be.....lol, WRONG
The wind picked-up early, 10-20 mph, made fishing alot less fun, especially when we weren't catching fish. The FF was reading at 2-3 times actual depth, not sure why, but it sucked. We fisher wood, coves, flats, deep......no luck.
On our last stop.....motor wouldn't start....makes a humming noise, no cranking. Dead battery? Nope, I swapped it with the spare (electronics use)....same thing. Fortunately, it happened close to the ramp, and I had the joy of loading with the TM....which by the way preformed great :wink: . It was after 5PM, fishing sucked, as did the wind, so we headed home, unloaded, cleaned 3 fish, hit the shower.....and there you have it :mrgreen:
Few fish, broken outboard, but a good day fishin' with pops........
ST