Windy Western NC

It was as windy as I think i've ever stuck it out and fished with the kayak....  but when they're biting, they're biting right?  I was up in Western NC to see my grandmother who is terribly ill and fading on me.  after visiting a while on saturday morning, she asked me when i was leaving to go fishing and told me to hit the road.  So of course, like a good grandson, i listened!!

hit my favorite little lake in the world.  they recently drained it and did some work there, but i had hoped that maybe a couple big ones made it although i don't believe they did.  All the fish were stocker size.  caught one quickly on the spinnerbait, as in on the ramp before i even launched!  after a little while the wind was killing me so i got off on the bank and fished there for a while and was getting a lot of bites around the culvert that goes under the road.  all they wanted was the wacky senko, so that's what i showed them.  I learned a good lesson too about sharp hooks!  i used the same hook nearly all day and had snagged and caught and blah blah blah.  well that hook got fairly dull towards the end of the day and i ended up having about 6 fish come unbuttoned.  about the time i really figured out what was happening, it was nearly dark and the bite had really died down.  still managed to land either 5 or 6 bass, 1 hungry rainbow trout and a fat crappie.