Bring on the lunkers!

I am giving credit to the Wookie for my fishing success tonight. Here is why... I had a busy day at work today... long and well... annoying just the same. Came home and the Wookie and I went for a run/walk at Town Farm. After we finished up there we were STARVING... so we went back to the Fish House... yeah that is what Pam has dubbed this new house.... When we got home Shug was still working... and we wanted to wait for him to eat... So Wookie looked at me and said with big, three year old's eyes on Christmas morning... "Wanna go fishin?!". Well, hell, when have I ever turned down fishing. Honestly, though, I was ok and content with not fitting any fishing in tonight... but all it took was for someone to ask and the poles were in the water.
We decided that secondary to the thick fog that was rolling in, quite quickly,(which if you would like to learn about fog Wookie Petraca can tell you all about it.... she taught me tonight ) we would just fish from the Shoeman's dock, rather than venture out in the canoe... turned out to be a wise decision... it got real foggy, real quick. We initially started off with some top water lures... jitter bugs... I am dying to use those damn things and I try EVERYTIME I go out... but no go... not just yet... So I switched us back to the Crank bait... and what do you know.... SLAM! It's amazing to me... I have had such great luck with that lure this year.... AMAZING! They love that little thing. Shug acutally bought it at the end of the season last year... its a little 4ft perch crank and they cant get enough of it.
My first fish was that nice lunker... I like to call it my first lunker... others may not think it a "lunker" but I do :) As I am typing this I realized that we have a scale and tape measure this year and I didnt even use it! UGGGGGGHHHH! I MUST remember to use it. My second fish was a decent size too... However, that poor Wookie.... she didnt catch anything... but she's got the spirit... and well according to her she is going to start going to church and praying for fish! Too funny! I told her tonight... look Wook, you can't just saunter down here and expect to catch fish... You have to do time ...
Just the same we had a great night out on the Shoeman's dock. Just goes to show you don't need a boat, or even a canoe to catch yourself a lunker in good ole Sawdy.
Tomorrow I am making an Emergency trip to Dick's because I lost the last damn 4ft perch crank tonight !!!!
Thanks for reading.
Fish On!

Booked solid... and it's only May.

Well, it is looking like it is going to be a busy summer for me. On Sunday I started playing in a Co-Ed softball leauge. Then tonight I started in an all Woman's Leauge. So I am looking at three games of softball a week. This is exciting to me... I miss playing so much. Sadly, this is going to cut into some serious fishing time... but hey, there is always night fishing and early in the morning fishing (which we can be sure to count shug out)
As you can probably figure out... I didnt fish tonight... and last night posted that shug was teaching tonight... I had my days crossed... he teaches on Wednesdays not Tuesdays... I knew that part... but I was confused and thought it was Tuesday night. Back to work tomorrow... but Wookie and I have plans to head out to fish when I get home.... so here's to hoping there will be some new fish pics on here tomorrow night. Until then... I am posting a stolen fish picture of the Wheeler boys and their catch... Need I even say anything?

Wishin' for Fishin'

Tonight we put aside fishing on this beautiful night to go and look at a boat that we found on Craigslist.... it didnt pan out too well, high price for something that just was not worth it...to us anyway. So, we will keep looking... and hopefully something will come our way. Until then... it will be the canoe... which is perfectly fine with me... that canoe has been with us since high school and has not let us down yet! :) Tomorrow night I WILL fish. Shug has work until 830pm... so I will be looking for a partner... going to try and talk Dad into going with me... (wink, wink if you are reading Dad) if not then the Wookie or Allie are likely candidates.
Thanks for reading.
Fish On!

SON OF A *&^%$

I typed out an ENTIRE blog... and then wandered off to search for something that Shug requested... and THEN when I was done I clicked the DAMN RED CIRCLE and SHHHHHHAAAAAAZAAAAAM!!!!! Gone everything... all of it. Sucks! And I refuse to go all through it again. Yeah, because well it just doesnt seem like it will mean the same. This is all streaming consciousness to me... falling onto a keyboard and well... it will all change now... so forget it.
NUTSHELL: We had a super busy day. We didnt fish. Some days you have to admit : I can't go fishing today.
Right now we are sitting by the fire... and that is just fine with me.
Thanks for reading. Fish On!

All work, no fish

No fishing tonight... work. Boo Hiss!!! What a beautiful night too. Since sending out an email to let everyone know that I have started this lil' fish blog, I have received a few of your own fish pictures... keep them coming I would LOVE to post them... Tonight's fish.... caught by the ORIGINAL FISH DOCTOR, the man who taught Bob and I everything we know... from casting lessons in the front yard to keeping warm out on the ice... BP Sr.
Here's to you dad!!!!

Da' Wookie learns to fish... goonie goo goo

After a relatively decent day at work, I came home to find Shugah had made dinner and all I had to do was sit down and eat it! Afer finishing up a delicious dinner of grilled portabella mushrooms, pork tenderloin and veggies... Looking out the window I spied a very calm atmosphere... barely any wind... It was at this point that I looked at the Wookie and said " I am going to do my best to convince Shug that we should all go out in the canoe tonight." Well, that ended up not working out so well... he suggested that I just take out the Wookie... so I looked at her and said "Are you ready to learn how to fish?" i think she had the gear out the door faster than I ever have.
So off we went... when we got down to the pond we found it was the calmest and most serene it had been all year.... No waves. No wind. Just glass. So off we went... and SLAM! Wookie caught her first fish... a good size SMB. She reeled it in with just the right grace and finesse , no beginners panic... there it was, her first fish right by the side of the canoe... and here it comes, right into the canoooooooooooooooooooooooooo !!!!!!!! It does the infamous SMB freak out and off the lure it comes. Oh, poor Wookie.... I thought. She handled it well though... a few swears and she was over it and on her way back to casting.
After about a half hour or so, I was on... a 6 inch perch... not much bigger than my lure. Cute little guy just the same... but go tell all your big friends we are out here...
We spent another forty minutes or so out there... and caught nothing but a good time... which sometimes is the thing that I like best about fishing... you can not be catching anything but you are still enjoying yourself just the same... because there is no peace like being out there on that pond with the sun setting, the frog orchestra playing and the canadian geese flying overhead.
As for the lack of photos... the batteries were dead on the camera... and Wookie did all she could to try to snap the shot before the camera woulf shut off... but no such luck... so I am going to dip into the archives and post a picture of brother Bob... the fisherman i aspire to be and post one of his beauties from last year...
Thanks for reading.
Fish On!

Two fish and a whole lotta wind.

Well we made it out to the pond tonight... even if for only about an hour or so... man did it get awful windy really quick. It was a successful trip... ma' boy caught two nice sized lmb and boy that first one sure was fiesty.
I, however, was not as successful and came home empty handed. It was just too damn windy out there for our little canoe... so we had to call it quits. Good news about the boat situation however, we are in contact with someone who is selling an old LUND aluminum 12' with trailer, motor, trolling motor, oars and vests... Keeping our fingers crossed on this one for sure.
Working tomorrow until 5pm... maybe some fishing tomorrow after work... and some better luck for me.
Thanks for reading.
Fish On!

Weather: Partly sunny, WINNNNNNDY
Bait: Crank, Spinner
(the crank baith was the winner tonight)
Fish: 2 LMB