I had a tough time at it today .
First I fished for about an hour at Lake McIntosh , the large water reservoir.
Good news was , the recent rain brought up the lake almost full pool .
Bad news , the wind was white capping across the lake almost directly into me .
Weather app said gusts to 25 , with a wind chill of 45 degrees .
I’m glad the sun was out , I wouldn’t have lasted the hour .
Left and went to the Town pond .
I tried to fish the corner where I caught fish last trip , but it was shaded and with the wind , I only lasted about fifteen minutes before I walked back around to the bridge side where it was sunny and most the time , the wind helped me with a few casts .
I mainly fished a variety of jigs under a snap on bobber , but couldn’t buy a bite .
I took off the float and was casting a 4mm tungsten beadhead jig with a black chenille collar and a chartreuse mini trout magnet body .
I was using my 6’6” St Croix Avid UL rod paired with a Shimano Nasci 500 body with a Soare BB500spg spool and handle , spooled with 2# CXX mist green P-Line .
I managed to keep the skunk off the last twenty minutes catching a couple of small bluegills .
I had two get off as I was trying to get the wind loop out of my line to set the hook .
The temps got up to low 50’s but with the wind it made it tough to stay out there .
When I got home I got to thinking I would try out some spoons and in-line spinners next trip , but couldn’t find my metal bait bag .
I’ve looked all over and can’t find it , and I figured out I’m actually missing two bags . The metal bait bag and a Fanny pack bag that I’m not sure what was in .
The only thing I can think happened is someone may have taken them when I had my oil changed about a month ago .
I used to keep my spinner bag in my Rav4 and would grab a small box of lures out of it if I wanted to fish lures .
It’s been awhile since I’ve fished any spinners or spoons .
I did find the small box that had the Daiwa spoons in it that Randy sent me . And a couple od spinners .
But I had a bag of at least six small Plano boxes of spinners and spoons .
I hope it turns up around here but I’ve looked everywhere it might be . Twice .