Norm M Posted January 24, 2016 Posted January 24, 2016 The shoulder is not 100% and may never be but it felt good enough . A little pain/ache/discomfort in one joint or another is nothing new for this body . What's one more ache . River gauges are not working right due to ice but it looks to be above normal flow. Greenish stain, lot's of slushy/icy crap flowing the further downstream you go . Water temps low 30's . I went up to the more urban part of the river where the slushy/icy stuff is minimal . I just stuck some weighted keeper hooks and a bag of erie darters in the coat pocket along with a pair of pliers . I bank fished, never bothered putting on the waders . First place I tried was a creekmouth, got a nice smallmouth on the 8th or 9th cast . Basically quartercast upstream , let the current do the work. I did not get any more bites there , worked both sides of a point downstream a bit next . Same rig, same tactic, no fish . Next stop was a few shoreline related slack spots , used the same lure, no more fish. I headed downstream to see if the slushy/icy floating stuff had abated, no such luck . I tried at a couple of different places down there but the floating stuff just grabbed the line too quick to fish effectively . Hopefully , I'll be back at it tomorrow , if the shoulder stays at the same level of ache . While taking a break in the action downstream , I was just standing there with my eyes closed , listening to the river flow, smelling the pines on the breeze and feeling the sun warm my body . Moments like that can bring you closer to whatever your personal faith is . Peace be unto you Foghorn 1 what a long strange trip it's been , put a dip in your hip, a glide in your stride and come on to the mother ship , the learning never ends
Norm M Posted January 26, 2016 Author Posted January 26, 2016 Back out today , slushy crap mostly gone otherwise river about the same . It was supposed to be warmer but that damp wind cut right thru me . I guess all those years of heart meds are catching up with me . I started out in a larger cobblestone bottomed slower flow area off the main channel . It also has some of the deeper water thereabouts . I was using square bill cranks designed to run 8-10 ft deep in 3-4 fow . I retrieved as slow as possible , ended up with 3 decent smallmouth . All of them hit when the lure deflected off bigger rocks or humps . I tried a variety of other lures there with no fish to show. I fished some current seams and eddies in a few other places with a variety of lures . No fish , called it a day, got some hot food in me what a long strange trip it's been , put a dip in your hip, a glide in your stride and come on to the mother ship , the learning never ends
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