Fellow fisherman Steve caught himself a really nice bass:
Archive for September, 2007
I’ve got quite a bit of vacation time saved up so I thought I’d go ahead and take a day off to do some fishing - especially since the weather forecast for this weekend is: (drum-roll please) rain. I left home this morning at 5:10 and got to the river around 5:30 (it’s amazing how fast one can get over there when there’s no traffic). The day started out beautiful, with no wind, which made the river look like a sheet of glass. (Click on pics to see full-sized images)
Nine: That’s how many bass I caught this morning, and that’s also what time I stopped fishing. “Nine bass!” you say, but before you start asking for autographs, let me tell you - while the quantity was nice, the quality wasn’t, I’m sad to report. (click on below pics to see full-sized images - the panorama is 2000X601 pixels)
Every one of the fish I caught today were about the size of the one above and not a one weighed even close to a pound. After the third bass, I started checking their mouths for holes because I was starting to think that I was catching the same one over and over but nope, different fish each time. I wish I knew where the big ones are hiding out this time of year because they’re not in the spots I’d expect to find them. Heh, you may notice the obligatory soju bottle floating in the water…sadly, they’re everywhere you go (Nomad’s pet peeve #27).
This is the area I fished today and I thought it would be perfect. Deep water, lots of weeds, trees, and brush, which make perfect cover for bass to hide out in and ambush bait fish and whatever else happens to swim by. Well, I was partially right - the bass were there but unfortunately, none of them were of decent size. On another note, the weather was absolutely gorgeous this morning and it felt really good to get out there bright and early to spend a few hours doing something I love to do.
Earlier this week, I had planned on taking today as a day vacation so I could join Rob for some fishing but I changed my mind after all the rain we received Wednesday and Thursday. During an email exchange last night, Rob told me he was still planning on going out today if the rain stopped and I told him he was nuts because after that deluge, the river would be muddy, the shore would be muddy and surely, the fish wouldn’t be biting.
A couple of my friends called me late this morning and asked me if I wanted to go fishing at the lake near Dunpo this afternoon and since it had finally stopped raining, I figured I’d go along and give it a shot.
I’ve been looking forward to this three-day weekend for the last two weeks. After working 12-hour shifts for the last couple of weeks, I wanted to go fishing every day this weekend and I had it all planned out:
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