Pacemaker Fishing Forum

rain drops were the order of the afternoon

the dry conditions and warm sun have many ponds  already beginning to sport lesions of  algae mats.

I love a grey skey, steady breeze

Started out lobbing the ol' J&P

I quickly sensed this just wasnt the right look for the day

I picked up a few, but mostly on the swim

decided to lighten up-

on went a battle worn minus1, complete with missing eye and most of the paint worn off

I heave it on my light rod, launching it halfway across the pond in the favorable winds

a flat on the upper end is the place  to be in the spring

by summer, this area is almost dry

but in the spring-seem like the whole house lives up there

takes a while, but they start coming

random: near, far, at my feet

the fun is you never know when?

then that rod- a twelve or fouteen incher pulls like a titan

i always have to play it soft until the fish shows itself...

at long distance- I am never certain what I have tied into

it goes on and on

the rain waxes and wanes throughout the afternoon

I get some great jumps-losing a half dozen or more thusly

but I hardly care; easier than unhooking them]-\\

and the collision and launch are most of the fun anyway

I bag , what-fifteen or twenty? Who knows? Who cares?

they are heavier than last year-only one or two gaunt ones in the mix

all the way around the horn, then: out comes the senko

it's on all over:  on the drop, the swim, the lift,
the fall

just keep it moving

I will say 30 fish in four or five hours

had to change jacket and shirt one time

property owner finally comes by- I feed him the whole score

his diagnosis is lunacy- he doesnt fish, and is puzzled by somebody standing in the rain all afternoon to do so...