It's been a LONG winter and as springs been approaching I've been itching to get my rod out and just cast it into some body of water and feel that calmness and joy I get from my lure hitting the lapping water and reeling it in.
I went out a couple weeks ago, when the snow started to melt, and renewed my fishing licence in anticipation of stuffing my gear in the back of the van and just finding a place and tossing my line in. The water levels have been high and the temperatures at the river banks still cool...so I waited until this past long week-end and hoped that Good Friday would be VERY GOOD to me..and it was!
My husband suggested a spot in SMITHS FALLS (about 25 minutes from where we're located) he'd eyed while out travelling for work. We set out to Slys Lock with gear in hand and ready to get even just a nibble, as I was prepared to have just that, for my first early outing this season.
I got my gear ready and cast my line and stood with my coffee in hand and waited. I started with my favorite vintage jointed lure (a classic from my husbands tackle box....which he so sweetly gave me last year as I had such luck with it on our adventures). Alas my favorite wasn't giving me much luck or action on this occasion..so I moved on to my Rapala jointed perch which like the last lure gave me not so much as a nibble (I must say I'm a HUGE fan of jointed lures..they've always severed me well). After about an hour..I was almost losing hope..and becoming a bit discouraged honestly! On this maiden excursion of the year I wanted something, heck..I'd take a small crappy! So on I put my Rapala Jointed Shad-Rap...a lure I didn't have much luck with last year.
Then it happend! I spent all last summer trying to land a PIKE. I caught some great sized Large Mouth Bass and even good sized Small Mouth Bass, Lake trout and even beautiful Sunfish, crappy and Rock Bass...but I wanted that PIKE. In our last outing of the year I got a Pike on my line, but it jumped off before I could get it out and take a picture...and this year I was determined I would finally land one. So when I felt a slight tug on my line I was overjoyed to feel SOMETHING. As I reeled this guy in I was shocked he wasn't putting up a bigger fight..espeicially when he got close enough I could see what he was. At last, at last....there it was the PIKE I'd wanted all last year, now on my line my first real trip out this year! He wasn't HUGE...a 2-3lb, but it made my day I'll tell ya.
So, 2011 has started off better then anticipated in the fishing department. Hoping to get some Walleye this year to fill out my portfolio :) Waiting for the water levels to go down so I can get out more often (espeically before the boys are done school). Yippie for fishing!!
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