3 beers in me and i think i am ready to vent.
Today was just horrible fishing and a bad day in general.
1. I woke up way too late from my plan of 7am. I got up at 11am.
2. I slept with my neck at an odd angle so i had a case of stiff neck.
3. Upset stomach prevented me from staying at Walnut Creek as long as i wanted to.
4. $3.50 on minnows was wasted
5. Despite the half can on OFF i used to keep the bugs away, it didn't work
Last but certainly not least..
6. Hooked a bullfrog on its tongue, after i pulled the treble hook loose, he jumped out of my lap and headbutted me in the face.
Conditions: Calm winds to a very light breeze at Walnut Creek, water was VERY murky, couldn't really see any deeper than a few inches. Caught nothing out there. Offutt Base Lake, wind picked up a little bit, but couldn't really make up its mind where to blow from, first it was south/southeast, then west, then south, then east, then northeast, back to the southeast. It was just crazy. water was a bit more clear but no more than a foot deep. When the water was like glass, you could see the activity above the murky water, bluegills, sunfish, occasionally you would see a big dark shadow of a bass or carp swimming by, but as soon as a good breeze but some waves on the water, they disappeared. Same thing happened with the cloud/sun mix.
It was aggravating today because they seemed very skittish, and feed on the surface of the water. They reacted to the inline spinners, but not enough to bite, just chase them down. same thing went for the jigs. Bass and crappie didn't want to bite on the minnows. I hooked 10 small bluegills on a yellow 1/64oz jig and that was in the span of 2 hours.
Oh well, maybe this weekend, after the front, fishing will be better. Like i told my grandmother today "It can't get any worse than today."