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
