old and in the grey

[Norm M]

It's been warmer lately, one day the wind was quite intense . river temps getting into lower 40's , some stain , wadeable with care .

It's been a mixed bag of current conditions fished and techniques used . Smallmouth bass on modified Carolina rig on flats off the channel. on a jigspinner/weighted keeper hook/4 inch ribbed swim bait at the upstream sides off points and riffles, on x rap shad raps on flats off channels and on current seams, and on husky jerks on flats off channels . Mostly mid sized fish with a fair amount of big fish . Walleyes on x rap shad raps, suspending rogues and husky jerks on flats off channels, on jigspinner/weighted keeper/ribbed swimbait at points and riffles . A few channel cats on the Carolina rig .

Today was my birthday all of 59 years young . I decided to give my self a little challenge , fish multiple types and bodies of water . The first turned out to be the easiest , got a largemouth on the third cast with a rattlebait in a retention pond . Cool, off to a nearby crick to catch whatever . That took a little longer about 45 minutes to get a couple rock bass on a jig/twister . Off to the river , decided to give some crankbaits a whirl, nothing, switch to rattlebait still nothing. I dead drifted a husky jerk on the flats off a channel got some nice smallmouth . I moved to another spot that holds walleye, same deal dead drift the husky jerk over the flats got a couple . I decided might as well try for some pike so I moved again . I tried three different spots with swimbaits, jerkbaits, minnow baits, crankbaits, rattlebaits and single spins, no pike action. I went to a local quarry to complete the challenge, figuring low and slow was going to be the way to go. I fished jig/pig[real pork] , a drop shot rig and a Carolina rig , totally struck out . 3 out of 4 ain't bad , make untold millions if I could hit that .

 

 I may be getting older and slower but I still get there.  The upside of all this experience is that I generally know what to do now when I finally get there .

[MOsmallies]

Happy Birthday Norm... I hope I have half your energy when I turn 59! Sounds like a great day with some nice fish.

[LarrySTL]

Way to go, and Happy Birthday !!

[bfishn]

HB! I like your play on "old and in the way". One of my favorites.

[WHARFRAT]

Happy Birthday!  Ya got almost a month on me, you old guy!

[Old plug]

If you love the fishing enough you will still be going when you should not be. Wow 59 yrs old. I sure wish I was even 69 yrs old. I will be 77 in about a month. 

[Norm M]

1 hour ago, Old plug said:

If you love the fishing enough you will still be going when you should not be. Wow 59 yrs old. I sure wish I was even 69 yrs old. I will be 77 in about a month. 

 I sincerely hope to still be wading at age 77

[LittleRedFisherman]

Happy Birthday Norm!!

[WHARFRAT]

4 hours ago, Old plug said:

If you love the fishing enough you will still be going when you should not be. Wow 59 yrs old. I sure wish I was even 69 yrs old. I will be 77 in about a month. 

Mine is 3-14, so happy birthday to you too!!!!!