I just had to go fishing saturday, no matter what. I was "on-call" until 2 saturday afternoon, so I couldn't head down to the gulf until then. So I drove for 2 hours, stood in the wind and rain, well, mostly wind. It must have been blowing steady at 25 with some gusts that felt like I might get blown over. The tide was up, about 45 min from turning when I got my first line wet. I used a jig tipped with shrimp and added a 3/4 oz sinker 6 inches above the jig to get it all the way down on the bottom.
After about 30 min I started to get bites. I pulled in a nice sail cat, about 7 lbs, and I could tell the bite was about to be on. I re-baited my line, and tossed it out, a few seconds later I had another nice hit. I don't know what it was, but right about then the rain was almost unbarable, so I packed everything up and drove the 2 hours home.
Is there something wrong with me if I have no problem driving 4 hours to do 45 min worth of fishing?
If only the weather had cooperated...
st georges/cat point 3/26
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No.stevo wrote:
Is there something wrong with me if I have no problem driving 4 hours to do 45 min worth of fishing?
Stevo- Nothing is wrong with you... Thursday night, I pulled my boat 60 miles to Lanark Village, spent Thursday and Friday night. Fished from someone elses boat for two hours after that horrible rain storm on Friday. I never put my boat in the water.
I feel like there is something is wrong with me.....
I feel like there is something is wrong with me.....
Time is the most precious commodity we have in life, stay focused.
You sound normal to me. 'Been doing that kinda stuff for 62 years, myself.
If it ain't a challenge or a little chancy, 'stuff probably won't hold your attention very long.
Ya just make your own adventures.
Ah man's gotta do, what ah man's gotta do...
Sounds like it wasn't that bad. I mean a 7lb SC, that a nice'un.
Thanks for the report.
If it ain't a challenge or a little chancy, 'stuff probably won't hold your attention very long.
Ya just make your own adventures.
Ah man's gotta do, what ah man's gotta do...
Sounds like it wasn't that bad. I mean a 7lb SC, that a nice'un.
Thanks for the report.
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nautigator
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Stevo- Nothing wrong at all, maybe there is, but you are like the rest of us and that makes you normal to us at the least...or something.
I am confused now and will just close with the real question of 'how'd you get that slime off your hands and gear?' I only touched one in my life and never will again, lesson learned. There was sailcat smegma 2 ft up my line too.
I am confused now and will just close with the real question of 'how'd you get that slime off your hands and gear?' I only touched one in my life and never will again, lesson learned. There was sailcat smegma 2 ft up my line too.
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I put a lobster glove on to hold down the cat, so thats where all the slime is. Interestingly enough, the slime only made it about a foot up my line.nautigator wrote: I am confused now and will just close with the real question of 'how'd you get that slime off your hands and gear?' I only touched one in my life and never will again, lesson learned. There was sailcat smegma 2 ft up my line too.
Didn't mean for the rain to run me off, but perhaps there is something wrong with me if I drive all that way, know I'm going to fish in the rain, and neglect to bring a jacket
I was rewarded with some hefty fillets though. Sailcats on the grill, hard to beat.
Most likely I'll be heading back this weekend sometime to try and do it again.
I use a pair of needle nose pliers ta grab the hook "outside the boat" I then just shake him off the hook "in a bucket if I got one, otherwise, back into the water" They do not go in the livewell 
They do not go in the livewell “Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you criticize them, you are a mile away from them and you have their shoes.”
