Round Three
octobre 9, 2019
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October 8th 2019
Jim & Marie were back again this year for another 2 day fishing trip. Although they liked catching all kinds of fish, their preference was for smallmouth and that’s exactly what we were heading for.
Our first spot didn’t disappoint as they both caught plenty of quality football like smallies. Marie was on fire, just pounded on the big ones on almost every cast! She was in an area where her angle was just perfect and one fish after the other came to the net. Jim also managed many good ones but definitely took a back seat to his wife as she seemed to putting on a clinic!
With plenty of other boats on the water, I remained on the fish until the action slowed down. I hit a bunch of other areas after, looking for the more aggressive fish, but they had to work for every bite. With each move, there were more fish caught, just not nearly as many. I probably made three or four spot changes before hitting another mother lode of fish. I immediately anchored up with the electric motor and they went to town pounding on more bass once again!
It seems like lately, I have a target on my boat or something, with everyone moving in on me while fishing. Today was no different as it happened once again! I honestly believe that the newer generation thinks that it’s alright to park on top of another boat just because they are catching fish! This particular guy power poled down less than 25 feet from us and began casting to where we had been hammering the fish. He even tried to go below us at one point just to be able to get a better angle! Having had enough of this $&#@ for the third day in a row, I just released the hold on the electric and slid down. I ended up pushing him completely out of the area, allowing my guests to continue catching. I think he eventually got the hint and finally left the area completely. The fishing etiquette I see now has definitely turned full circle! No longer can you expect to be alone, anywhere! Very sad indeed!
Once the situation had been dealt with, both Jim & Marie were back in the game. They hooked plenty more quality bass in the remainder of the time we had left in the day. In fact, I stayed a little longer just to make up for our lost time!
Today was a great day for fishing and apparently everybody also thought the same thing too! Although there were plenty of other boats on the water, we managed to remain alone, for the most part! Tomorrow will be another day, hopefully filled with more great action. I only hope that it’s incident free and I can concentrate on the fish and not playing defense again!
