Funny how catching just one fish seems so much better than being skunked!

I took a day off and fought 30-40 mph winds all day to do some fishing. All of my fishing is from the shore, so at least I was safer than on a boat!

Started about 9am after taking my daughter to school. I tried all kinds of lures with not a bite. Worms, spinners, crankbaits, rat l traps, flukes, senkos...some of everything.

Around 1pm I decided to throw out a big blue and silver rattle filled Wal-Mart bargain bin no-name $1 floater with two treble hooks I had never used. I threw it with the wind parallel to the shore and started a slow retrieve. About 5 cranks into it I hooked and landed a 2.5 pound bass. Not big, but sure beats more nothing! Didn't get another bite the rest of the time until I left at 3pm.

What got me thinking was how just catching anything makes such a difference in how the day seemed to go. Only one bite and catch away from a shutout, but that one catch sure made my perception of the day change for the better.