Memorial Day outing

Big storms are in the forecast for tonight, so I headed out to the lake a bit earlier than I normally would this evening—I got there around 5:30 or so (normally I’d wait until 7:00 or even 7:30pm).  This being Memorial Day, the lake was crowded–none of my “usual” bank spots were available, so I [...]

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Visitor

It rained hard early this morning, and while it cleared off and turned into a nice day, it might not have been the best conditions for fishing this evening–I only had a couple of strikes. But while I was trying to coax a crappie to grab a jig for a bit, a guy down [...]

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Oh, man…

Yeah, this was the best night of fishing I’ve had in a long time. Got a call from my friend, Doug, this afternoon, and we made arrangements to meet up and spend the evening fishing at a privately-owned lake south of town (Doug owns half of it—not sure which half). Doug is a [...]

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A gorgeous Sunday evening

The lake was calm at the end of a cloudless, bright, cool day.  There were lots of people there fishing this evening, but “my” little cove was open–there was a family fishing across the cove, but not in “my” spot.  But over the last couple of weeks, the cove has become infested with thick moss, [...]

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Beautiful weekend

This weekend was gorgeous, with lots of sunshine and temperatures in the mid- to upper-60’s.  It was a little breezy, following a couple of major storm systems that swept through our area, spawning tornadoes and straight-line winds of 80+ mph.  The meteorologists were saying that a lot of warm, moisture-laden air had come up from [...]

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Got one

I went out to the lake this morning after I dropped my son off at school–it was windy, so I picked a spot where I could cast with the wind, thinking that the water temperature was still cool enough that the bass might be deeper and away from the bank. Wrong, at least in [...]

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