Honey Hole

[verbtotrust]

You know how you have those spots where you can always go on any given day and catch one fish. This one I found was about 2 feet of water-- 3 at the very most. It was under a log so it looked good but it was very, very hot out and the hottest part of summer so I had no thought about catching a fish that shallow. I had a simple rig on-- just a couple split shots and a gold hook with a minnow. I had been dropping down in much deeper water looking at a fish finder. I wasn't catching anything and suddenly I had to take a leak. So I went over to the side of the lake and found a low hanging limb to get behind and relieve myself out of the view of the people on the lake. So that my minnow would stay alive, I put out a few feet of line and let him dangle in the water over the edge of the boat in such a way that the rod was horizontal to the water. I am just starting to "go" when out of nowhere the rod starts going in the water. Without thinking about what I am doing reach for the rod as quickly as possible. When I do this I grab the rod just before it hits water and lose balance and start to fall out of the boat. I keep hold of the rod with one hand, grab a limb with the other hand, and use my toes to grab the edge of the front of the boat as it tries to go away from me (you know how you see people step for the pier out of the boat and they are too far away and the boat starts going away from the pier and they are stuck doing the splits)-- I was hanging out away from the boat with my pants still undone and everything. Eventually I pull the boat back under me and stand upright. I still have the rod so I pull it up and it is a nice crappie. So, I got pee all over myself, I strained some muscles (who needs that kind of strenuous exercise when they are fishing), and I knocked my drink overboard, but I got a crappie. Since that day, any time the fishing is rough at that lake I go to that spot and for some reason it is the only one of those trees in the water around the shallowest part of the lake that will have any fish when the water is so hot in that dead time of summer. Usually catch one or two at a time and then move on.

[GCD]

You should really consider investing in a rod holder or 2... then you can hold the little one and won't have to worry about the big one.:D