Screw it, I'm going fishing.................
OK, five hours later, here's the story.
Pulled out of the house at 8:15. Temperature 27 degrees. When I got to lake it was 31 degrees. The only saving grace was that I was sitting with my back to the wind. Carhart hooded jacket and gloves and I still froze. I even took a thermos of Mendocino Hotel blend (same as they serve at the hotel in Mendocino) coffee and drank the whole thing. Finally just after Noon it got warm enough to take the gloves off, but not the jacket.
I threw everything I had at them and was totally ignored. I did see a couple caught and the were using the same bait as I was.
So 2017 starts out a:
Just so the day isn't ruined completely I took a couple pictures for your pleasure.
Remember Dave from the last post? That's him over there. |
North Shore boat launch |
South Shore boat launch |
So a stinky start to 2017, but I'll keep trying.
Stay tuned.
I would still take a day on the water catching nothing, compared to sitting here looking at 8" of snow out my window...
ReplyDeleteFor every skunk, Mark, remember there is a rose somewhere. My bet is on you finding that rose.......
Hey Mark, don't listen to Mel...he's old.
ReplyDeleteI was going to go for comic relief but clearly Howard beat me to it.
ReplyDeleteBraver than I. I'm allergic to cold.
ReplyDeleteMark
ReplyDeleteToo cold for me, I won't wet a fly until March. Had 2" of snow here at the house yesterday, wind chill 5 most of the day here and that is cold here---I'm getting close to that mandatory age!
Mark
ReplyDeleteI forgot to mention, old is not in your 70's old is when you can't make it to the water anymore. Have a good week!!
Nice pictures, even if it was a skunk day. O well, you have the whole year ahead of you!
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