One of the ponds we fish has limited access since hurricane Laura. It's about a hundred yards through brush, briers, & laydowns.

 

I decided this morning, I got this!  

 

One laydown I had to climb up & over. Standing on top I thought that wasn't bad. Right foot slipped fell backwards into a brier patch, hurt my right foot, left knee (bad), left hip, left elbow, & cracked my phone screen.

 

But I didn't get skunked!

 

Caught three with one over 4#

 

What we put up with to catch a bass!

Awesome.  

You ever heard the story of the one eyed, three legged cat named Lucky ?

Drop Shot! Haha.

 

Actually, the first time I ever threw a Ned Rig was on a lake I had never took a doughnut on before and time was running out. As a Hail Mary, I grabbed one of the NR I had thrown in my box and cast it out... A couple hops and pops later, wham-o! I ended up CRUSHING them on that ledge with that thing while my buddy watched in disbelief! Haha

Tommy unfortunately this isn't the first time you've taken a fall to go catch a bass, but what I'm sure of is that it ain't stopping you from trying! And you were successful! Love the positivity, makes me want to get out there more myself.

 

Hope you're feeling alright in days to come

Hope ya feel better soon Catt. Glad ya caught a few. You keep this up we're all gonna have to chip in and get you a hoveround with pontoons on it. ?

Define skunked. No bass or no fish?

26 minutes ago, T-Billy said:

Hope ya feel better soon Catt. Glad ya caught a few. You keep this up we're all gonna have to chip in and get you a hoveround with pontoons on it. ?

Just get him one of those mini hover-crafts...then he can go anywhere off or on the water.

Wait a minute... Don't cats always land on their feet? Oh yeah, cats do, Catts... Not so much. ?

59 minutes ago, slonezp said:

Define skunked. No bass or no fish?

I define it as no fish. If it’s got fins and eyeballs, it counts 

1 hour ago, slonezp said:

Define skunked. No bass or no fish?

That is a tough one.

 

I tend to lean more on the side of not catching any of the targeted species I’m after.

1 hour ago, slonezp said:

Define skunked. No bass or no fish?

 

25 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

I define it as no fish. If it’s got fins and eyeballs, it counts 

 

If it ain't bass it doesn't count!

 

3 hours ago, LrgmouthShad said:

what I'm sure of is that it ain't stopping you from trying!

 

There was a time back in my prime.. 

 

Many times I've waded marshes with alligators 10 yards away.

 

I've fished in sleet, we had to stick our rod in the water & shake it to get the ice out of the guides.

 

Now the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak!

12 minutes ago, Catt said:

Many times I've waded marshes with alligators 10 yards away.

 

I've fished in sleet, we had to stick or rod in the water & shake it to get the ice out of the guides.

 

Now the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak!

You're a different breed, that's all I can say.

 

But apart from that, a lot of things some people consider dangerous nowadays are no more dangerous than taking a long car drive. I try not to restrict myself too much, but also try and keep some sense of safety about me. It's worked pretty good so far

I am not 22 anymore and see the old man in the mirror looking back at me. In my minds eye that old man isn’t me everything still looks the same. The problem is I can’t tie my shoe laces without putting my foot onto something elevated. My wife wouldn’t let me go fishing by myself after spine surgery something I liked to do. When my son passed away I lost my fishing partner and sold my boat and nearly all my tackle. 

Now I get out occasionally and want to be able to help launch boats, something I have done all my life, but whoever is taking me me is looking at a old man. I don’t understand this because through my eyes I m still 22 and capable of doing everything I have always done. What happened to my agility?

Why I am I so stiff and clumsy? It’s that old man in mirror fault !

Tom

34 minutes ago, Catt said:

 

 

If it ain't bass it doesn't count!

 

 

There was a time back in my prime.. 

 

Many times I've waded marshes with alligators 10 yards away.

 

I've fished in sleet, we had to stick our rod in the water & shake it to get the ice out of the guides.

 

Now the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak!

No!! Not fair. Sometimes I have to go to bluegill mode or be skunked, lol. Even if it means opening a can of worms — literally and figuratively speaking. 

 

Bluegill mode is the converse to beast (bass) mode, lol. 

SKUNKED?  That's literally against my religion.?

1 hour ago, Catt said:

 

 

If it ain't bass it doesn't count!

 

 

There was a time back in my prime.. 

 

Many times I've waded marshes with alligators 10 yards away.

 

I've fished in sleet, we had to stick our rod in the water & shake it to get the ice out of the guides.

 

Now the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak!

It’s just my opinion but I think you’re way better off with weak (and it’s probably not as weak as you would lead us to believe) flesh and a strong spirit than the other way around. Hope you heal up quickly. 
 

Edit:  and I’m glad your efforts to not get skunked were not in vain. 

I don't drink when I fish, but I always have a beer on the ready. When it looks like I'm gonna skunk, I crack open a beer, problem solved. I might not have caught a fish, but at least I had a beer. And I won't drink more than one if I am driving home, so when I crack that one open, the day is over. 

 

I try to keep fighting through a tuff day. A lot get tough. A Rat-L-Trap has saved the day many of times. Many of times I’ve had to throw at the bank and fish that narrow section where the bank meets the grass. Small bass seem to hang there up at the lake. I believe they set there all day and hunt down small shallow water bluegills. PowerWorms or PowerGrubs seem to work well when I’m begging for a bite. But that 10” green fish keeps me from getting skunked. 

Live bait is always my last defense against the skunk!

12 hours ago, slonezp said:

Define skunked. No bass or no fish?

I'll often target some white bass if the fishing gets slow.  They're usually easy to find and catch.  If it's bad enough, I'll throw on a crappie jig and hit the docks for a bluegill or gizzard shad.  

 

Though I don't often mind getting skunked.  Most of the lakes I fish are extremely pressured and not good habitats for black bass anyway.  So getting skunked is fairly common.  There are better lakes further away, but then I'm spending more time driving than fishing, and I'd rather not catch fish with my pole in the water than not catch fish in my car.  

11 hours ago, Catt said:

Now the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak old !

 

Catt, I fixed this for you...I know because somehow, like WRB, age seems to have snuck up on me when I wasn't looking. We older guys who refuse to concede to age and weakness of the flesh make up the difference with guts and perseverance. ?

12 hours ago, islandbass said:

No!! Not fair. Sometimes I have to go to bluegill mode or be skunked, lol. Even if it means opening a can of worms — literally and figuratively speaking. 

 

Bluegill mode is the converse to beast (bass) mode, lol. 

Bluegill mode ! 

Back on topic I breakout the finesse spinning rod if I need to catch a few bass from our local lakes, it’s essential!

Tom