Better Late Than Never

[zander]

Stayed up pretty late last night after work. My father and I had cancelled plans to go fishing Wednesday morning due to the threats of rain reported by the weathermen. Woke up this morning around 7:00 AM looked outside and then online to check the weather, and the next thing I knew I was getting my tackle together on the way with my father down to River Run. We got on the water around 9:30 and fished Swan Creek first. Only caught one decent crappie on a slider underneath Shadowrock. Headed on down to Beaver where we saw some fellows using jigging spoons and catching some fish. We tried every color soft body there was trying to catch something there (besides drum) and no luck. It was 12:15 by now and we had to leave at 1:00. I suggested we troll on back for a ways and I tied on a deep diving rapala in rainbow trout colors. That is when the fun started. I ended up with 5 whites (3 females 2 males) before 1:00 PM sows around 1 1/2 - 2 lbs. Missed one other. My poor father had a crankbait that almost looked just like mine but he only managed to catch a little dink white bass. Bellies were full of shad. No longer full of eggs really, but good sized.