Twitch has had a poor people week.

I ran out of give-s*^ts on Tuesday of last week. Went to order more, BACKORDERED til March.  Decided, after morning surgeries, I need to fish and took off to the honey-hole.

Started throwing some swimbaits and caught a couple of keepers, nothing special but everyone is happier when their fingers smell like bass instead of fingers. Switched to a BitsyBug and a Craw Critter trailer and caught a few more fish til a nasty snag and a "bionic ninja hookset" then no more snag, no more Bitsy bug. Back to the truck for more gear.

Been spending alot of time this summer trying to learn the proper Carolina rig. Today it paid off. I caught a beast as the weight fell off of a ledge. Now this is where it gets interesting. I got this fancy new digital scale from the family for Father's Day and I am by golly gonna weigh this fish! after lipping it, she has got this tube deep. After some finagling, the tubectomy is complete. I fire up the scale and fix the hook in the gill plate right at the mouth and as I see 4# 13oz, she quakes good and SMACK, falls flat on her side on the shore, motionless........for what seems like forever. I grab her, get her in the water to feed some thru her gills and off she goes.  Thank goodness, but the bite switch shut off after she told everyone she passed there is an amateur up top and he is not to be trusted with our care.

Pack up and move over to the other side of the bay. surely she is not that fast. Toss a nice jig and craw under a shade tree and off it goes. It is peeling drag, I cannot have two great fish in one day?? (side note, this is a residential lake surrounded by a metal retaining wall, this is important.) I reel and reel and reel and coax this fish to the shore. It is bigger than the last, I cannot begin to lift it out of the water with the pole to grab. I see my 12# Yo-Zuri laying precariously on that metal wall and after a brief curse reach for her lip and she makes one last dive which shears the line on that wall and.......

BBBBBLLLLLAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Some days just suck.

Then you get to fish and even days like this are better than the days you couldn't.  Thanks for letting me ramble.

All the best to you and yours,

Twitch

Fun read. Probably more fun than livin' it lol.

Awful nice fish though. Sounds like they weren't having such a bad day.

Good stuff Twitch

the bite switch shut off after she told everyone she passed there is an amateur up top and he is not to be trusted with our care.

OUTSTANDING!

    ;D ;D ;D

Was that in/around Bloomington?

Yes. I have a couple of friends that have nice, private water that I take care of, clean and fish. Chase off the riff-raff you know.

Went back today for a little afternoon delight and caught another bleeping turtle. This one not quite as big but just as angry as the one in my avatar. It was from the same place and was 2 feet across the center of the back. Knew it was going to be an off day, caught a dink on the first cast looking for one of yesterday's bigguns.

I get called to Peoria occasionally for work and have been known to stop at Gander, Dick's and Pressley's on the way back to Bloomington.

Twitch

thats gotta be one of the funnest reads ive ever read lol good story sorry you lost the fish.

Great story, had fun reading it.. ;D

Dude that was funny.Thanks for sharing.

Yes. I have a couple of friends that have nice, private water that I take care of, clean and fish. Chase off the riff-raff you know.

Went back today for a little afternoon delight and caught another bleeping turtle. This one not quite as big but just as angry as the one in my avatar. It was from the same place and was 2 feet across the center of the back. Knew it was going to be an off day, caught a dink on the first cast looking for one of yesterday's bigguns.

I get called to Peoria occasionally for work and have been known to stop at Gander, Dick's and Pressley's on the way back to Bloomington.

Twitch

Ah yes, many of my hard earned dollars have found their resting spot in the cash register at Presley's. It's about as good as it gets around here.