Wind and rain

The sun was out briefly today but we needed our daily dose of wind, clouds and rain. We got it. Since the weather wasn't good for fishing I decided to ride down to Ft. Madison with Chub. He was going to a boat dealer to look for some boat accessories so I tagged along. The weather channel is calling for rain four out of the next seven days. Are you surprised? I'm not. I will be surprised if we get one full day, sunrise to sunset, of sunshine. I give!

There were several guys fishing from the dam but no catching going on. Chub and I decided tho hit Pond X and catch some bait for use at a later date. It was only little green sunfish but we caught fish. I'm getting a little anxious to put the boat in the water but the weather has prevented that so far. Mother nature has thrown some sort of curve ball at us every weekend and this weekend looks to be more of the same old thing. Scattered and isolated thunderstorms are forecast for this weekend. Nice huh!

Wind blown sunfish

I didn't think the river would be any good tonight so I decided to hit Pond X and fish for sunfish. The wind was blowing pretty good out of the west. Fishing the east side of the pond was good for maybe 6 or 8 and then it died off. I was ready to go but decided to fish the west side of the pond before leaving. It was noticeably calmer on the west side because the bank and the weeds protected an area of the pond from the wind. The sunfish were there and were biting only seconds after the bait hit the water.

WINDY!

Its forty degrees colder today than yesterday and still windy. 45 mph gust to be exact! Not much fishing going on. I got a bag of concrete and made five small anchors for trot lines just in case I decide to run them. I poured the concrete in large (2 lb. ?) cottage cheese containers and then put a small ( 12 inches, ?) length of chain in the concrete to tie the trot line to.

Don't buy Hodgman

I think it was a year ago but it might actually be two years ago that I bought a pair of Hodgman hip boots to wear when I run my bait traps. They were always kept in the garage or shed and only saw the light of day while I was wearing them to run the bait traps or while sitting in the back of the truck for the short three or four minute ride to and from a local creek. Imagine my surprise when I pulled them from my shed and found them to be dry rotted. Junk! The straps used to hold them up fell apart when I touched them and the boots themselves were cracked and split at different points up and down the legs. Junk! I am at least smart enough to realize that things do wear out but I also know how little I used these hip boots and how well I took care of them. There is no way these boots should be falling apart, but they are. My adviced to you today? If you want to get your feet wet, buy a pair of Hodgman hip boots or save yourself the money and the aggravation and just go barefoot. Either way you will surely get soaked!

Catchin' bait

There was nobody at Oakland Mills this morning. I went to an auction today because I heard there was a lot of fishing gear and a boat going on the block. Most of the gear was old and worn out. The Lowe boat was a 1652 with a 40 hp. The motor couldn't be started because "it needed a starter" (scary). What else could be wrong I wondered. The boat was riveted but I would have like to have had it, minus the motor. The extra four inches of width seems to make quite a difference. It sold for $2700. Anyway. I hit Pond X this evening and caught green sunfish. After vaccum packing them they went in the freezer for use at a later date.

Nothing again

The sun finally came out but the wind is blowing thirty. There were two trucks at the dam but nothing I recognized. Not much going on.