Todays outting 3-24-12

[keithdog]

It started out very foggy today with temps in the 50's and no wind. I caught this one just 10 minutes into my day on one of the spinnerbaits I make. The spinnerbait ruled most of the morning, but caught a few on a jig. Lost one of my favorite jigs made by Anthony. Hated loosing that one! Caught two on a lipless crank, a red Rattlin Vibe. About mid day the wind picked up and the sun came back out. My black/blue jig bite slowed down so I switched to a bluegill pattern jig and picked up a couple more off of that. Then everything got quiet so I switched to a Strike King series 4 crankbait in Tennessee shad and started probing deeper grass beds, Thats when I caught my last 5 for the day. Most of the fish were small, but enough decent ones to make it fun. Had one of those half hour moments when it seems EVERYTHING is going wrong and you start wondering if you should pack it in. But you have that from time to time. A comedy of errors if you will. Then the inner ring from one of my St Croix rod guides seperated and I decided I'd head for home. My wrist has been bothering me for a week now and it was getting to be very painfull to cast. Hard to even hold onto the rod, so that was all she wrote for today. Saw a HUGE snapping turtle rise up and out of the water. He came up so fast and high he looked like a sub rising to the surface. I was like, what the heck is that? lol