Once again...........I hit up the big lake today !!!!
Blasted off from home @ 8:15 and was greeted by Carmen @ 9:45.
The word was that the wind was howling this morning and only a few fish were caught.
I had "almost" convinced myself last night to fish a little further north today.......but the wind was forecast to blow from the east all day leaving nowhere to hide.
I chatted a little with Carmen about his last weeks fishing and............................................... .............Santa was there fishing again.
After I "suited up" and was headed for the water, Santa was headed for the beach with his ladder in tow.
Nope, he didn't have a big bag of fish to divvy up among us......................nor a "Santa Bomb" fly for us to look at either.
Nothing but a couple of grumbles and a "I just got skunked" scowl on his face.
I made my first cast just after 10:00 and didn't get ANYTHING for the next two hours.
Right at noon I hooked and landed my first fish.....................it went more than 5lbs and less than 10.
Carmen yelled over to me "The Skunk's Gone"!!!
My response was, of course ........................... "Thank God, I don't wanna' go through THAT again" !!!!!!!
For the next hour and a half I missed a couple of strikes and landed a "rat".
Hummmmm........................... a little bit of action.
Carmen and "the rest" bugged out between 2:00 - 2:30.
I had one more strike just after the sun went down behind the mountains, and then I called it a day @ 5:30.
My tally for today was 2 for 5 ..................... with no LDR's.
The two fish I managed to land ate the Cherry Bomb midge.
Not a good day number wise, but it's better than being slapped around by Mr. Skunk !!!
This next week I'll be pondering moving up a few beaches to see if I can locate some "Bruiser Cruisers" that might be hiding out, dependent on wind and weather of course.
Progresso "Creamy Chicken Noodle Soup" was the "Entree' a'la Thermos" for the ride home tonight.........I put in one too many dashes of Tabasco Sauce though.
Dang Cutthroats........................................ .....
Bob
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