BT
12-02-2010, 11:24 AM
Paddled out last night to do some buggin after work. I knew it was going to be a chilly one so I layered up real good, and since my old paddle jacket started falling apart, I was happy that I stopped by OEX last weekend to pick up a new jacket. Side note, I got the Stohlquist Splashdown hooded jacket, and it is a NICE jacket, and a bit warmer than my last.
I got out a little later than usual, and started dropping my nets a little after dusk and gave em a good soak while I ate my dinner and did a little fishing. There was a little bit of wind, but tolerable with the layers.
<O:pFirst two pulls were COMPLETELY empty!!! Not a short, not a fish, nothing!!!! This is where I started to think that my spot has officially dried up for the season. I was on a friends boat at the spot last week during the full moon and even though we only got two between us, we were seeing shorts at least. I was starting to have my doubts for the night.
<O:pNext set I pull a net and there was one bug in it, and it was actually a keeper…holy crap. I was going to throw the towel in if this pull was empty but since I got the one bug, I figured maybe the crawl started and it was just slow.
<O:pNext set…..nada……
<O:pNext set…..one bug which was a keeper.
<O:pPulled a few more sets after that and I had one bug that as I was pulling the net onto the yak it slipped out through a hole that somehow had gotten into my nets. Didn’t look like a keeper but was close.
<O:p</O:pPaddled in around 11, and was happy that I packed my balaclava because it was a bit chilly by that time.
<O:p</O:pLooks like it is time to figure out plan B.<O:p</O:p
I got out a little later than usual, and started dropping my nets a little after dusk and gave em a good soak while I ate my dinner and did a little fishing. There was a little bit of wind, but tolerable with the layers.
<O:pFirst two pulls were COMPLETELY empty!!! Not a short, not a fish, nothing!!!! This is where I started to think that my spot has officially dried up for the season. I was on a friends boat at the spot last week during the full moon and even though we only got two between us, we were seeing shorts at least. I was starting to have my doubts for the night.
<O:pNext set I pull a net and there was one bug in it, and it was actually a keeper…holy crap. I was going to throw the towel in if this pull was empty but since I got the one bug, I figured maybe the crawl started and it was just slow.
<O:pNext set…..nada……
<O:pNext set…..one bug which was a keeper.
<O:pPulled a few more sets after that and I had one bug that as I was pulling the net onto the yak it slipped out through a hole that somehow had gotten into my nets. Didn’t look like a keeper but was close.
<O:p</O:pPaddled in around 11, and was happy that I packed my balaclava because it was a bit chilly by that time.
<O:p</O:pLooks like it is time to figure out plan B.<O:p</O:p