We finally got a small break from the heat wave that’s been covering a lot of the country this past couple of weeks.  It’s been so bad that I couldn’t stay outside for more that a few minutes without getting soaked with sweat.   I especially have to be careful with asthma and a very light complexion.  In fact I have another appointment with my dermatologist next week to have some more lesions, carcinomas , removed from my face by surgery.   The fortunes of not having enough information about the causes of skin cancer long ago, when I was young.  Now, even when taking precautions, such as, sun block, big hats, and such, my past is catching up with me.  I know one thing though, I can’t give up fishing, I just have to wait for days when I won’t be too exposed to the sun.  Yesterday, started out to be cloudy but the clouds dissipated and today I’m paying for it. 

I did manage to catch nine bass, a crappie and a warmouth bass.  My first bass was caught  on a Rapala husky jerk as shown and the crappie was caught Rapala DT 4 in silver. But the remainder were caught on the Gary Yamamotto stick bait in watermelon/cream.  But, you had to let is sink until it nearly reached bottom.  I found fish on my Eagle fish locator at i3 to 15 feet so I tried the outside edges of the weed beds located on the West side of the lake where I caught most of my fish. 

I did try fly rodding for gills during a lull in the action, a long lull, But only managed to get a few short taps from bluegill that seemed to be scattered over deeper water.  I tried going deep and on top but got little except for the warmouth.  I also tried my Cabela’s aqua glow creature bait that I’ve had good luck with on the pond but, again, only got a few small taps from the gills.  I used my Blue Fox in line spinner making a few casts where I got the crappie but got nada.

I started my day at about 1 pm and first going to the reeds thinking I might catch some bass with a frog, Cabela’s baby frog.  One bass did come up grabbed the frog, and immediately spit it out,  I watched this happen near the boat.  I tried to set the hook, first getting a tight line and feeling the fish, but the frog was out of the bass’s mouth in a split second.  After about 45 minutes, the were no more takers on any of the lures that I tried.  So, I moved on.

At seven pm I decided to call it quits.  I know that’s when the fish become more active, but, being out in that sun a good part of the day, tired me out.  I was ready to quit and so I did.

Today we’re into another heat wave.  I’m just going to have to be patient and wait until some cooler and cloudier weather comes along.

Tight lines

Jim

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