Christmas!

I was hoping to come back and write a post about ice fishing, but alas, I could not convince the other Christmas reunionites of my fiance's family to head out and do it.  Too bad, really, because it was an unusually warm, yet icy, winter this year.  Ah well.

My Christmas gift from my amazing fiance was to be turned loose in a Bass Pro Shop (which I've never had the pleasure of shopping before).  I came back with about $20 in bait, lures, and hooks for my own purchasing and a gorgeous 7 foot medium-heavy action catfishing rod for my gift from him:

Her name is Veronica.  She's a Bill Dance/Quantum (Zebco?) rod and spinning reel combo, 2-piece, rated up to 40 pound test and I just strung her with color-changing (UV sensitive) 20# line.  She is beautiful.  I love how it reels, the handle on the reel, the balance, and the fact that I can easily pull it apart to keep from busting it in my car.  I cannot WAIT to hit the water with it.

In the meantime, I bought a bunch of stuff to make catching trout with Marcy (my other rod) a bit easier, including tinier hooks, leaders, hatchery bait, salmon eggs, trout dough, and sparkly crappie nibbles (I needed more of those anyways - EVERYTHING loves crappie nibbles).  I also picked up a bluegill-shaped lure because my fiance insisted I should try catching bigger fish on bigger lures.  I think he wants me to catch more bass, heh.

The weather is total crap for fishing right now, so I'm going to wait until the weekend to try out Veronica or the new trout baits.  Right now the pressure is up, it's windy, and we have a constant chance of rain.  This weekend, though, clear skies, no rain, and colder water.  I'll get those trout yet.

-CC