LOSER status in tact...Shirey Report!
I had clearance to go fishing this morning. I decided to go by myself this time and really try to do some good. Excitement was high as I made preparations last night. I set my alarm for 4:30 as I wanted to be fishing by 6AM. My alarm went off at 4:30 as planned, and again at 4:39. I don't know what happend after that except my daughter woke me up at 8! Dang it, I wasted the best part of my fishing day! Since I was home and girls were up it took longer to leave as I had to be an attentive father a few times
On the water fishing by 10:30. First 10 min. two keepers! They hit great and as soon as the jig got down to about 6 ft. I thought oh yeah, I am finally going to catch some fish. The next 20 min. I caught several really small crappie and by 11 AM it was over! I kept fishing trying best I could to slow down and fish out good tops an trees in shady water, sunny water, deeper water, shallower watter, buck brush, etc., etc. Even slow trolled a bit. Nothing except a few bream now and then!
On top of that my outboard wouldn't start. I thought I finally had it running good a few weeks ago but it ran like crap last week and I couldn't get it started at first today. I let it set for a couple more hours and tried again on my way to the launch and after pulling some muscles in my abs it finally hit and started up but still ran like crap
Safe to say my LOSER club status is far from being revoked!
btw, the water is almost normal level, which means it has dropped a bunch in a week. wt was about 75 and clarity was about normal for those lakes. I left at 1 and there was only one truck left in the parking lot when I got to the launch. Before I could get everything organized and leave, two more boats were launched. I'm guess 15 or more boats will fish Shirey today by the time the sun sets.
no matter what I'm doing, I've got hunting or fishing on my mind...