Finally - My First Fish for the Year...

I went fishing today at Auger Falls. Its real close to home, but you need a boat to get there. My new local friend, Dennis, has a old, little flat bottomed boat with at 75HP Evenrude Jet outboard on it. Anyway, he hooked up with two fish and landed one.

I hooked and landed one, my first fish of the year, on my old Penn/Ugly Stik spinning rig. It was bigger than 6 feet and put up quite a fight. I had my gimble belt on and was standing in the boat most of the time during the fight, and most of the time the 12’ Ugly Stik rod tip was almost in the water. I really didn’t think they would bend that much – almost in half…

It took about 20 minutes, or so, to land it. We saw a number of large fish jump and roll during the day. It was real windy which usually slows fishing down, but I guess they are hungry from a long cold winter. I didn’t get any pics as I left my camera in my jacket pocket, in the Jeep, which I took off to put on my life vest. He picked me up at the local Scotts Access I have mentioned before. That minimizes my drive distance and boat ride time by a significant factor.

That was my first fish of the year and a real rush – yet again - Love It…

I did a lot of rock/steep bank climbing today and woke up with both feet/ankles/calves spasming. I was sleeping on my side, and I guess I had my calves crossed. Anyway, there is nothing like waking up to muscle spasms – especially mult-spasms in both legs…

I had another back shot last Monday and that is going fantastic. This one was done in my pain doctor’s office, instead of a hospital/surgery center. A much better and easier, and probably much cheaper, experience all the way around. I was in and out of there in 45 minutes. He used all the same electronic equipment to ensure proper placement and all. A great experience, for a back shot…

The spliced line worked great on the Penn spinning reel. On my last outing, I got it caught at DaHole an had to end up cutting off about 200-300’ of line. If it had been any other line, I would have had to replace the spool, but I just spliced a new top section of the spool, with my splicing needles and it was back to a full spool again. A splice is 100% strength and takes about 3-5 minutes to do and is real easy. You can also make 100% strength loops in the end of the line in a couple of minutes. I haven't hooked up a big fish on the new super-size Fin-Nor Offshore spinning reel yet, but sure do like the way it feels and works.

Well, my legs are calming down and I am tired… Tomorrow, I hope to finish the DaHo Products business web site and store. I also have to do my first mow job of the year. The grass is starting to grow like crazy again.It was a good Day in DaHo.