Re: Tired of catching fish
A good bluegill pond and a lightweight rod and a topwater fly they like can be quite intoxicating. Sort of brings out the little boy inside the man. Great fishing report.
Re: Tired of catching fish
Joe,
Thanks for your report!
I hope you will recover soon from your tiredness.
Doug
Re: Tired of catching fish
Joe I know what you mean. I finally got the float tube out yesterday, fins, and waders. the pond up the road was all mine for 3 hours. Caught enough sunfish to stop counting. One nice bass, one small bass and a small carp. All on size 10 woolybuggers. When you are finning around; letting the breeze move you along, you don't feel tired until you start to get the waders off. Today is overcast and threating rain, I'm sore all over. I going to tie flies. Dan
Re: Tired of catching fish
I'm not tired today, but even after multiple hand washings, lemon juice, salt and a shower, my hands still smell fishy. We cleaned them with the electric fillet knife: I zipped and skinned them, and my brother ribbed and final dressed them. I got that knife last year when we had over 100 jumbo perch to clean from an outing on Lake Erie, and it cuts the cleaning time by 2/3 compared to hand cleaning. Once you learn to use the knife, it's extremely efficient. My local bait & tackle shop owner taught me in one afternoon when we cleaned over 500 perch from the charter boats (He didn't even charge me for the lesson cuz I bought the knife from him 8) . What a guy! :D :D ).
Had an offer to go out today for perch & walleye on Erie, but I've got to get out some bids so I have work for the next few weeks. Before you know it, the Michigan Fish-in will be here and I'll be off for a week, which means I make no money when I'm playing. Ahhh, the blessings and curses of self-employment.
Joe