Camanche North Shore

I'm sure that a lot of bloggers are writing (in their head) the next post as they're driving to where they're going to fish. I do it on a regular basis. Today as I was doing just that, I rounded a corner and the back tires broke loose on a small patch of black ice. And it wasn't even that cold.

Sorry, no crash pictures. No mauled Shoreman. No blood and gore. I used my exceptional driving skills to get back in the lane. A mere mortal would have lost it. It's a good thing you know I'm basically full of shit most of the time. It was a little slip, nothing else.

I got to Lake Camanche and drove out to the far end of the Day Use Area. I set up two rods and parked for an hour. Even though I fish this spot on a regular basis, I've been doing better at a couple others. So after the hour was up and no hits what so ever, I packed up and moved to where I fished last Friday.

Hey, I got two good sized ones there, maybe it would be good today.

SKUNKED..........................

That was what this post was going to be right up till Noon. I had thrown in the towel and was just about ready to head home. As a last ditch effort, I put the pink Kastmaster on my little Okuma (this was the third time today) and was going to give it one last try.

I looked right, I looked straight ahead, and I looked left. My inclination was to throw left, so I threw right. Confused yet?

Actually it was more right of center or just to the right of the buoy. The lure barely (and I mean BARELY) hit the water and the fish was on. Must have been sitting there just waiting for me to put that lure out there. 

Estimated at just under 2 lbs.

On 2# line, this one put up a good fight. Took me several minutes (look at the size of the tail) to bring it to hand. I would have released it without putting it into the net, but logistics out there make it impossible to get near the water. So I put the net under it, removed the lure, and as gently as I could, put it back for another day, that is right after a quick picture. A fish that fought that well deserved to be free.

After that, NADA..........

That's OK, I'll take one of those any day.