bad day

[diversity210]

Bad day of fishing yesterday.  I started out so excited, because the weather said it was going to be 78 with overcast.  So I just new the fishing would be could and it was a prime day to put some pigs in the boat.  Nope.  Fishing absolutely sucked.  I dont know what it was, but I spend 6 hours throwing all kids of different bait and covering tons of water and nothing.  Threw whopper plopper, frog, and buzz baits in the morning.  Got 1 hit on the whopper plopper but the fish really just bumped it.  Threw big 10" Texas rigged worms in different colors, threw zman fattyz on a shaky head, ned rig, threw small smaller swim baits, flashy swimmer underspin with Keitech 3.8, caffeine shad on a weightless swim bait hook, throw swim jig, the crank baits, and I got nothing.  My wife was fishing some submerges trees with a bobber and night crawler.  She caught a little blue gill and good size catfish crept in and took the line.  needless to say I wasn't there for catfish.  On top of the sucky fishing.  I lost my favorite spinning rig.  Was casting wacky rigged senko.  Distracted talking to my wife forget to open the bail on the reel.  Ofcourse when i tried to cast it didnt go anywhere and I dropped the rod in the water.  Dobyns Sierra spinning rod with a Shimano Ultegra reel.  Not the most expensive setup, but it was hands down my favorite spinning set up.  Dropped it in about 16 feet of really clear water so I marked it on my gps and Im going back to get it on Saturday.  Would have gotten it that day but didn't have any extra clothes and didn't feel like being soaking wet all day.  On top of that the trebbles of my crank bait got all caught up in my livewell net so I had to cut up my livewell net.  That was another 30 bucks down the drain.  On top of all that I had my uncle with me who started feeling sick which is a concern because hes a diabetic and on the way in I lost my favorite fishing cap went back and got it though.  So yeah the day I thought was going to be great turned out to be not so good at all. 

 

Sorry, this isnt a question about fishing and I dont require a response unless you want to say something.  I just wanted to vent I guess. 

[A-Jay]

Sounds like most of what you expected to happen, didn't.

I can certainly understand that feeling.

From perhaps a different perspective; you did have the distinct pleasure of sharing a warm Northern California summer day with your wife and uncle on the water.

Might not want to gloss over that part.

Here's to getting a few more fish next time out.

#bigpicture

A-Jay

[diversity210]

8 minutes ago, A-Jay said:

Sounds like most of what you expected to happen, didn't.

I can certainly understand that feeling.

From perhaps a different perspective; you did have the distinct pleasure of sharing a warm Northern California summer day with your wife and uncle on the water.

Might not want to gloss over that part.

Here's to getting a few more fish next time out.

#bigpicture

A-Jay

You are absolutely right.  It is human nature to only see the things that are negative when negative things happen.  There is positive in most negative situation and it takes a strong person to find it.  I did share a day doing something I love with my beautiful wife and the uncle that taught me to fish.  No one was hurt and everyone made it home safely.

 

Thank you for reminding me of that

[Dwight Hottle]

All I can say is the fishing gods owe you a good day to balance out the bad. Keep on chucking & it will happen. It does even out in the end. 

[FishinBuck07]

There is no such thing as a bad day of fishing in my book!  Tough days yes, those are the days the fish don't exactly cooperate the way we think they should, but that is just a tough day.  You still have the beauty of nature around you, and the peacefulness of being out on the water.  The only bad days I ever have are while I am at work, if fishing bad don't happy for me!

[Dogface]

3 hours ago, diversity210 said:

Sorry, this isnt a question about fishing and I dont require a response unless you want to say something.  I just wanted to vent I guess. 

Vent accepted. We've all been there. 

[TnRiver46]

2 hours ago, FishinBuck07 said:

There is no such thing as a bad day of fishing in my book!  Tough days yes, those are the days the fish don't exactly cooperate the way we think they should, but that is just a tough day.  You still have the beauty of nature around you, and the peacefulness of being out on the water.  The only bad days I ever have are while I am at work, if fishing bad don't happy for me!

I'm guessing your boat has never sank 

[GreenPig]

Goodluck retrieving your reel and I hope your uncle is ok. Ten bad trips can be easily forgotten by one tremendous day. I myself had a great day being the net man for my partner. I caught one while he caught 11 and I'm good with that. I joke and tell him I've got more fishing days left because he's 10 years older

[FishinBuck07]

54 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

I'm guessing your boat has never sank 

Well I would have to have one first I guess!  haha  But no I guess that would qualify as a bad day!

[WRB]

Any day on the water fishing and sharing time with your love one is a good day.

Tom

[Sam]

Diversity, just the opposite for me.

 

I went to my double secret pond and quit after landing number 35.

 

Missed around 10 to 12 others.

 

The pond has no management so the bass were small ones, about 1/4 to 1 pound each.

 

But it was fun.

 

Sorry your day did not go as well as mine.

 

You will get them next time.

 

 

[tander]

Some days are diamonds, some days are stones
Sometimes the hard times won't leave me alone.

 

Hope you get your rod and reel back.

[diversity210]

4 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

I'm guessing your boat has never sank 

That would definitely qualify as a bad day.  A Horrific day if you will

[TnRiver46]

Just now, diversity210 said:

That would definitely qualify as a bad day.  A Horrific day if you will

We had a pontoon growing up that would never start and it sank twice ! Hahah

[diversity210]

3 hours ago, GreenPig said:

Goodluck retrieving your reel and I hope your uncle is ok. Ten bad trips can be easily forgotten by one tremendous day. I myself had a great day being the net man for my partner. I caught one while he caught 11 and I'm good with that. I joke and tell him I've got more fishing days left because he's 10 years older

Thank for that.  I am definitely going to try and get it back.  It wasn't the most expensive rod and reel, but I cant just walk in the backyard and pull money off a tree either.  All that matters is that fish were caught.  Im the same way.  I fish with my uncle a lot and there are times when he is just on the bite and Im not.  He likes to laugh at me on those days, because I have about 15 setups in my rod locker and he always fishes with the same 2 old rod and reels hes had for like 20 years.  He says "boy, you have all that nice equipment and cant catch a fish"  then laughs.  We both get a kick out of it.  Im just happy that fish were caught. 

[WRB]

Spinning rods typically are light weight and tend sink slowly reel end downward tip upwards. The rod is hollow and almost bouyant, the reel is what pulls the rod down.

The problem is the sinking rods to glide instead of going straight down. Get a inexpensive chain type fish stringer with clips and put a 12 to 16 oz sinker on the end and 1/4" dia nylon rope on the attachment end, open all the clips and drag the bottom in the area where the rod dissapeared to retreive it. 

Good luck,

Tom

[Jigfishn10]

13 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

We had a pontoon growing up that would never start and it sank twice ! Hahah

That you?

[Log Catcher]

19 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

I'm guessing your boat has never sank 

I guess he never blew a cylinder out of an out board motor either. I have done that.