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My fiance was THIS close to letting me fish again last night.  He'd be at a game, though, so I'd have to fish alone.  We figured it probably wouldn't have worked out too well if I'd caught anything.  I still have that hole in my hand, and I probably shouldn't go rubbing fish slime all over it before it closes up.  -.-

Oh well, soon soon!

A cold front came through, and I'm still not positive what that means for fishing.  (Yeah, by the way, I AM new at this heh)  I heard a story the other day that someone was out fishing when it hit, and just like that, the bites stopped completely.  I also heard that the fall is great for cats, and that November is an amazing month for crappie.  I suppose it depends on what you're fishing for.  I personally prefer catfish, sunfish, and lately sparked an interest in crappie and trout.  In any case, I'm not putting up my rods for the winter!  :)

Here's a photo of what I caught out at a local private lake the same night my hand got stabbed:

I'm not very familiar just yet with fish that aren't cats or sunfish, but I'm mostly certain that's a cute little crappie.  This booger took five bites before I actually got him onto the pier (I mostly bankfish - at least, until I can afford my canoe), and when I did, he fell right off the hook!  That's what I get for fishing barbless!  :p  He was caught on a black- and orange-eyed hook with my killer combination I usually use when going for sunfish - a Berkley Gulp! pumpkinseed grub and two chartreuse crappie nibbles - at around 7 or 8 pm in just a few feet of water.

Hope you guys are getting more fishing done than I am until this silly hole heals up!  Have a happy Halloween!

-CC