Hello friends and Hivers. I'm back again to share a fishing tale experience this past Sunday. I had a few errands to take care in the morning so I had a bit of a late start on the water. I was not planning to be out too long because the weather was scorching.
I really wanted to hit the river but that was not possible because of some flooding issues. Sunday it was high with just about anything you can imagine drifting down it. Near my house, it was near to cresting. Now it has crested and good area of land is covered in water. Tonight there is suppose to be a nasty thunderstorm to make matters worse 😢 I live about a half of mile away and it is giving me a bit of anxiety. Hopefully the water resides quickly but tomorrow it is projected to be the worse yet. I hope to God the levee holds near me like it did back in 2019. Anyways let's go to happy place which is me catching a lot of fish.
So I decided to go to a pond that is about 20 minutes from my house. It's far enough away from the city but not too far to put a hurting on the gas tank. Not a huge body of water but plenty of water to fish while also providing a nice outdoor feel.
One of my he first places I fished was in the shade under a tree. The area was already taken by a flock of geese. I got really close to them and it was like they were standing there ground. The largest one looked at me and hissed at me. At this time I reached for my phone to get a close up photo. While doing that they all turned around in sequence and walked away. What you see above is them retreating, they didn't want to mess with this guy today.
The geese were out in good numbers while I was there. To the most part most were just enjoying there swim. If I had to guess probably seen about 50 or so all ranging in sizes.
I spent about 45 minutes under that tree and caught 3 bluegills about the size in the picture above. I was using a white feather jig 1/64 oz with a streak of flash in it. I used this presentation with a light bobber tipped with some crappie bites. The shade felt good as the temperature was about 100° F (38° C). The bite wasn't incredible but I was kinda surprised I was catching fish with the temperatures.
I left the comfy area of the shade to try my luck elsewhere. I caught a few more fish but I decided to change my lure to a black feathered jig same weight with a white head using the same presentation. Oh boy let me tell you I almost caught a fish every cast. So I tell you once I went black there was no going back, hehe.
Not only did I catch more fish simply by changing colors it lead to catching some bigger ones. I probably caught about 50-55 fish the four and half hours I was there. I usually keep track in my head but I lost count at around 40 something. Almost all were blue gill, I did catch one smaller crappie and 3 smaller largemouth bass. I wasn't really thinking about the bright sun rays beating down on my arms, neck and legs. I certainly felt the heat as I did sweat a lot but the active fish bite just made feel numb to the sun and it's temperatures. I really only planned to fish 30-45 minutes but the bite made me stay a little longer than planned. Since this wasn't planned for this long I didn't apply or have any sun block, whoopsie.
My hat saved me from getting burned up on my face to the most part. My forearms were left lobster red along with my neck and some of my legs. I could really have used one of @ph1102 hats that his wife mentioned in her post the following day after I fished. It was a fisherman hat with a neck sleeve that would have saved my poor neck, haha. Maybe I could have made it a lucky fish catching hat, haha. Oh well I'll be better prepared the next time.
So today I kept 10 fish for a future fish fry I will do at work on a much cooler day. On the car ride home I really started to notice the sun touched me not so nicely. It was no fun cleaning fish when I got home as my hands were also torched. Would I do it again knowing I would have a ball fishing and get sun burnt? Bring it on sun give me your best shot!! Maybe I should do some night ops and go after some cats (catfish).
I hope you all enjoyed my little hot fishing experience. This certainly won't be my last time sharing it with you. Need to start chasing some monster fish. Keep the lines tight and pull out a pig! Until next time. Take care, stay safe and good vibes going forward.
It looks like you had a good day on the water! I miss time catching "more fish" am planning to go carp fishing the next day, so I hope I will have a post about it... It would be nice to catch something after a long, "dry" period... lol...
Also, gotta take 2 to 3 hats as the heat is unsupportable already and we are just at the beginning of the summer :) 😂
Hopefully the the dry streak comes to an end. I would like to see some of Spain's carp. I'm curious, we usually use corn, dough balls or prepared commercially bait to catch the carp we have here. Do you use similar bait to catch them there?
Ya the heat is on at many places around the globe. I feel a long hot summer. I usually have two hats when I fish because I have had one blow off my head into the water once and watched it float away ,haha.
Take care and best luck fishing 🎣 🐟🐠
As the lake where I go is natural (I mean, it is artificial, but they don't feed the fish, and it's not "commercial" water), I try to fish without using any "strong" bait (chemicals and stuff that pro-fishermen use)... So, I'm using corn, and feeding before fishing with a combo that I prepare at home... As carp is like a pig, eating everything, and lazy as f... 😂
I've known people to do that, we call it chumming. They will drop a bunch of homemade prepared bait in a particular (secret) area a few days or a week before fishing it. When it's time to fish they use that bait in that area. It not legal everywhere here most do this targeting catfish. I personally haven't done it.
Interesting... I never heard that it is illegal in some other parts of the world... But, I get it if you attract fish and you catch it in some "illegal" way... that makes sense...
Awesome fish you caught man! I’ve not had bluegill, are they a good fish to eat? I’m torn because I know that people say bass are disgusting but I don’t know about bluegill and sunfish.
Gotta love the time we spend fishing though man!
I enjoy bluegill my favorite is having them in a fish sandwich. The bigger ones can make a good sandwich or two with just one.
I've had bass there good but I think a lot of people throw them as tasting bad because they are sought after sports fish for tournament goers. I rarely well basically don't keep them. Small mouth bass taste better than large mouth bass though imo.
Good times for sure but I've been itching to chase some other species.
Oh you got many fishes, and it's great you are near of that nice area full of those geese enjoying the waters... well good to see that you didn't become a crispy bacon thanks to your cap! 😆
Happy Wednesday amigo!
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Thanks Amiga. I caught fish, caught views of geese, and caught a sun burn, haha. It was a good time none the less.
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Congratulations on that successful fishing. 👌
Amigo, we are never fully prepared. You should know that.
Why do we let this happen to us so often though?
We should have learned are lessons many moons ago, haha.
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Ooh wow
I’m glad you succeeded with the fishing
I’ve never gone fishing before but I’d love to try it someday
Thanks it was a great time, perhaps you get the opportunity someday 😊
I remember when I was a kid ,we are Catching some fish in the river for food😁
Oh yes it gives good feelings when we can use this activity to put food on the table 😊
That's true sir it's a free food🥰
I think fishing at night will be a good idea if you don't want to be toasted by the sun. Or if the weather is a bit cloudy😌. I saw you caught a lot of fish, so maybe it's worth all of your skins sacrifices😅🥵
By summers end I might have your complexion if I keep having dates with the sun 🌞 😜
Now I haven't went fishing in the dark for quite sometime. A bit of a different experience where I sit in chair and what for a bite. Not all fish species are night biters though but it's as equally fun to chill doing it.
The skin sacrifice well worth it. I'm in the onion phase now, peeling away hehe. Not as red now I'm healing and ready again when I have the time again 😁
Lucky you have a fair complexion, if same like me, I already look like charcoal if I play with the sun🤣.
I imagine from tan to dark while I go from white to tan. Which complexion do you prefer normal or beyond that?
I like the normal one 😁. But if I was blessed with a white skin, I would happily embrace it. 😛
I'd embrace the no effort tan complexion but since I don't my eyes will have to admire those that have it 😛
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