Oh my god, you are fish out of West Neck? That probably did it!
its been awhile since i have posted on here... havent been able to get on the water unfortunately. so this weekend we made plans to go out all day saturday and have a full day of fishing, sun, and good quality time with my fiance!
well... friday night the belt on my bronco decided to jump off a pulley and put a nice cut in my waterpump bypass hose. i was able to limp her home but barely! (no power steering, no alternator, and a steady loss of coolant) so saturday morning consisted of making repairs to the Beast. by the time that was done and everything was gassed up and lunches prepared to take with us it was 1:00 when we got to the boat ramp at West Neck.
nice cut in the hose...
on to fishing: it was a BEAUTIFUL day yesterday! it was just a little bit cold when we cruised from one spot to the next but the sun would warm you right back up. i decided to do a little exploring and try to find new places for crappie so we went further up the creek to the indian river rd bridge. the water depth was down about 2 feet lower than normal but i did find some deeper water back there! 7ft was the deepest and for that creek thats pretty deep. found some good underwater structure and proceeded to fish! NOTHING... what the heck? haha... we fished a couple more new spots with no crappie to be had and then went to our normal "holes" along the way i managed to break the shear pin in my trolling motor (like i said the water was really low today and we found lots of underwater obstacles!) we did manage to find some crappie. nothing terribly too big 10-11 inches with SEVERAL youngsters! and the bluegill were very active too! i fished strictly by cast/retrieve jigs (1/32nd un painted jig with kalin's money being the big producer. but i also caught a couple on pink/chartreuse. tried other colors and weights but didnt get anything on them) oh ya i forgot to mention.. I GOT A NEW ROD/REEL! i went to bass pro and picked up a 7ft ultralight crappie max with a crappie max ultra light reel topped off with 5lb yellow powerpro. this thing is SWEET!!! my fiance used small minnows and she outfished me big time! haha... we decided to keep 6 crappie for the two of us for dinner that nice and she caught all but 1 of those. gotta let her win sometimes!
just a few pictures from the day...
this was a beefy bluegill!
amanda couldnt stop laughing over this! she had to take a picture and thought it was soo funny! lol...
my best catch!
after a fun day of fishing we settled down to a movie and a home cooked meal of crappie, mashed potatoes, corn and tater tots! it was delicious.... but then something happened? i dont know why or how but i had an asthmatic allergic reaction with fluid in my lungs and by throat closing up! never have had anything like this happen and have eaten fish all my life! and i have eaten this same meal of crappie several times!? guess it will be catch and release for me for awhile?
Oh my god, you are fish out of West Neck? That probably did it!
Great post
Fair Winds and Following Seas
Bill H. PTC USN Ret
Chesapeake, Va
very nice report...pretty pic of the speckle
Was it the fish? Might have been something else if you have been eating fish your whole life. That kinda scares me as I have been fishing West Neck and looking to keep some for eating once I start catching some.
definately a consumption issue with that said it could have been the swap in the manly LITE to the Girly coors light....or perhaps over starched with those fine looking taters and corn to a processed TOT....either way hope the young man is doing much better today.......
I would say not the fish (as far as from the river side) if fiancee didn't react the same, so that leaves you having an allergic reaction
i am still not convinced that it was the fish that did it... and i would definitely NOT want to turn anyone off of eating fish out of west neck! according to the doctors you can eat something all your life and then out of no where have an allergic reaction. they also said it could have been one individual fish that had something in it that caused the reaction? anyways... i am feeling much better and am looking forward to getting back out on the water soon.
"Slack Tide" i agree with you about the beer! lol... there was two coors light sitting in the fridge that someone left so i figured they needed to get drunken!