• Just Aint Any Fun Anymore!

    Fished another weekend but the heat got the best of me. Aint it funny (sorta) how something that used to be fun enough to keep me on the water ALL DAY long now has me running for cover when the temps gets into the 80's and climbing!! A lot probably has to do with getting older but mostly from being so out of shape.

    I fished Saturday from 6:30AM until 11AM and was killing 'em! Luckily there was enough breezes to keep me there but finally I'd had enough and called it quits even with fish biting. Woulda NEVER quit fishing back when I first learned longlining, that's for sure!

    And then today.....yep, I moved to another location. Got there a tad bit earlier. Lines in water by 6:20AM and I found that I shouldn't have moved. Bite started slow but when the sun came up the bite picked up. By 7:15AM I was already sweathing. AND, the quality of the fish wasn't there either. I stuck it out though as I didn't wanna trailer again with it already getting hot. There was NO breezes except for all those pleasure boaters ripping and running. Geez....cant they pass by without rocking me out of the lake. I mean....the creeks are WIDE and I was only on one side! I was done with it at 10AM today. Just too hot to enjoy......

    Anyhow, both days I was having fun at daylight up until the first sweats broke out. Then they were non-stop until the AC in the truck finally put an end to it all. THEN, it started up again both days after getting home until the fish were cleaned.

    I guess it's more to do with getting older and being even more out of shape (fat!) but the fun for both days were lost in the wash (the never ending sweating). It sorta the same to me trying to bow hunt in Sept. I just don't go in the evenings until it cools down some. Hunting, like fishing, is fun as long as it's pleasurable but when it aint then I'm not going.

    Anyway, recapping the two days fishing....Saturday I clicked 73 times for the crappie caught keeping a Ga. limit (some smaller ones kept for blue catfish bait to use later on). Sunday I caught 52 crappies and a few smaller line-sides. I kept two of them fur blue catfish bait as well (legal to use gamefish for bait in Ga.). Other than one suicide I only kept fish 12" or better. I'm sure I will occasionally still have to get "that itch Scratched" from time to time though. Here's the livewell shots for both days...



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    1. Barnacle Bill's Avatar
      Barnacle Bill -
      Thanks for a great post. I can relate to the age problems.
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