I just fished my butt off.  wait, not entirely true.  I got to my secret lake at dark-thirty.  when the sun crept up, I noticed a problem.  the boat ramp was high and dry.  haha..  they let water out of the lake to make storage room for the upcoming winter storms.   it's an old practice that probably needs to be adjusted.  but safety first.  you don't want a dam-dam failure.  

 

so I laughed at myself and went to my nemesis lake.  the DREADED LAKE SONOMA.  it was beautiful, and glassy surfaced.  I couldn't find bass to save my life.  I talked to a deck out boat owner and he said even with LIVE SCOPE he is getting his butt kicked.  he said he had to go into his kid's box to find a ned-rig to catch 3 fish.  hahah..I asked, "are you throwing the Ned with the finesse TRD?".  he replied, " I don't even know what you are saying, I don't fish Ned rigs very often".  haha...I left it at that.  

 

ONE 12" fish!!  ONE!  I fished 7 hours, after u-turning from my secret lake.  BRUTAL.  I did enjoy the one fish, and it whispered to myself.  "hey..no skunk."  and uttered a quiet thanks.

 

next month...DEADcember.  hahaha...

Sounds like a normal fishing trip for me 

Sonoma sounds good for wine tho 

That's what I luv about the Florida everglades, can always count on catching a lot of nice fish year round. 

I've been lucky this year.  I have been able to get out on the water so far this month. In some years past I've had to wrap it up in the middle of October.