Originally Posted by
Micanopy
I know a few fellers that can catch fish in mud puddles, in their driveway, or so it would seem. Some are just plain old lucky. I am not lucky when it comes to fishing, and have to work a little harder to appear successful. Afraid so. All my luck was always slanted towards the girls, and no I would not trade with them other fellers for nothing. Maybe you are like me and just have to work a little harder. As the water warms and the ecosphere under your boat transitions, opportunities are bound to arise.
I like trolling for fish because it seems I am being productive even when the fish aren’t coming aboard. Looks like I am catching. Looks like I am serious. I got my speaker system playing music. Got my favorite tennis shoes on and usually an awkwardly over bright shirt of some sort. I like chartreuse even if it does look like I am on a road crew of some sort. Point being you must get out there, hopefully with new tires, and try to look like you got your act together. I have spent months catching four a day, or even one a day. So I take a lot of pictures and experiment and imagine what a stupid little fish might expect me to offer.
You can do this. Anyone that can drag a boat down the highway, completely oblivious to the showers of sparks, the median strips catching on fire, the cars desperately honking while they hang out the window waving at you....... well that makes you special. You can do anything you really want to do. I want to encourage you to get out there and just try to enjoy yourself first and foremost. Just try to have a good time. The fish will come later, they aways do.
We all have our moments, why just last week I put the plug into the live well drain hole and secured it very carefully. Didn’t stop me from getting right back out there yesterday. I saw alligators and birds of prey and caught 16 fish. Yup sure did. So stick around and read some of what was written years ago and found in the search feature.
Richard Gene the Fishing Machine ( YouTube guy ) said that it is OK to make noises while fishing, it is the banging around on the bottom of the boat that scares the fish away. So turn the music up and troll around the lake some.