I managed to shut out 2021 on an honest notice. I wanted a superb outing below comfy situations to begin off 2022.
However there have been problems,
I got here residence from the river on Friday feeling variety if sick. Excessive exhaustion, physique and muscle aches, and a complete lot of flatulence. Naturally, there have been covid ideas within the family. Once you’re my age and have the litany of preexisting situations that I do, you are inclined to surprise on daily basis the way you haven’t gotten it but.
On Saturday morning, I felt marginally higher. By afternoon, I used to be starting to really feel like myself. This morning, I attempted to cause with my pretty spouse. I do know she has my greatest pursuits at coronary heart, however she additionally had some chores that I used to be purported to do Saturday that hadn’t gotten attended to. She was nonetheless uncertain, however once I promised that I’d be fishing alone, she relented.
I pulled out of the driveway at 11:10, boat in tow. Steve had been sending me photos of huge fish all morning. All down river. So I headed for the Milford ramp.
Had 4 rods rigged. 1/4, 3/8, 1/2 and three/4 ounce jigheads with an assortment of Fin-S Fish (all 5.75″) and one little 4.2″ JDM bait that I’ve been doing exceptionally nicely on this fall/winter, on the three/8 ounce head.
First solid. Half ounce head. Ayu Fin-S Fish. It wasn’t a lot of a fish, however I broke in 2022 in a rush!
Spoke with Steve, and with previous pal Chris Dever, in addition to a number of of the opposite anglers within the normal space I used to be fishing, and everybody gave the impression to be catching them. It didn’t assist my trigger that I didn’t get on the water till about midday, and I had promised my spouse that it might be a brief day.
However after a superb bit, I began to catch them fairly good. All my fish got here on the three/8 and 1/2 ounce heads, and to be trustworthy, the three/8 (which had been my scorching arrange on Friday) was solely chargeable for a half dozen of the 35 fish I caught in my 2 hour fishing journey.
I did handle one slot fish, which type of capped off the day, and let me head for residence on a excessive notice.
So, my 2022 season is formally below approach. Hopefully, there aren’t any medical setbacks within the offing, and I’ll get to fish 12 months, as a substitute of 8, like I did in 2021. By the top of the day, I used to be feeling completely nice, and any lingering considerations about no matter bug I picked up had been lengthy gone.
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